Mohamed Fadel Ismail Ould Es-Sweyih
Mohamed Fadel Ismail محمد اسماعيل فاضل | |
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Polisario Front Representative to Great Britain | |
In office October 2001 – 6 May 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
Preceded by | Brahim Mojtar |
Succeeded by | Breika Lehbib |
Sahrawi Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
In office September 1999 – 2 October 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
Preceded by | Aliyen Habib Kentaui |
Succeeded by | Sadafa Mohamed Bahia |
Minister of Information | |
In office February 1999 – 18 September 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
Succeeded by | Sid'Ahmed Batal |
Polisario Front Representative to France | |
In office November 1995 – February 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
Personal details | |
Born | 1949 or 1951 El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara |
Died | Brixton, London, United Kingdom | 6 May 2002
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Resting place | Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria |
Political party | POLISARIO |
Children | Six |
Occupation | Diplomat, Politician, Journalist, Writer |
Politics of the SADR |
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Mohamed-Fadel Ould Ismail Ould Es-Sweyih (1949 or 1951 – 6 May 2002) was a Sahrawi nationalist politician, member of the Polisario Front. He was a prominent member of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic diplomatic corps, holding several posts as SADR ambassador or Polisario Front representative.
Career[]
In 1972 he got involved in the Embryonic Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (the precursor of the Polisario Front) headed by El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed. As Ouali, he got arrested and tortured by Moroccan police during the Tan-Tan demonstrations (25–27 May). In 1975, he was part of the Information committee of the POLISARIO, where he became known as a journalist. Shortly after, he became the editor in chief of the Sáhara Libre newspaper.
From 1981, he started to manage as POLISARIO representative, first for Europe, then for France and Sweden. Subsequently, he was counselor to the presidency of the SADR, and to the Sahrawi Commission for the Referendum.
In 1995, he returned to his old post as POLISARIO representative for France. Briefly, he occupied in 1999 the SADR's Ministry of Information, being one of the founders of the Sahrawi Republic official press agency, the Sahara Press Service.[1] In 1998 he wrote the book Les Sahraouis, published by the French editorial L'Harmattan.[2]
From 1999 to 2001 he was appointed as SADR ambassador to Ethiopia, and permanent representative to the Organization for African Unity.[3][4] In 2001 he was designated as POLISARIO representative for the United Kingdom and Ireland. That year he wrote the book La République Sahraouie ("The Sahrawi Republic"), where he reviews the history and the structure of the SADR.[5] In the night of 5–6 May 2002, Fadel Ismail died in Brixton, London, due to an asthma crisis, followed by a heart attack.[6]
Legacy[]
Few days after his decease, Sahrawi students in El Aaiun renamed the "Hassan II school" as "Mohamed Fadel Ismail school".[7] On late 2002, ARSO (French: 'Association de soutien à un Référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidental') published another Fadel Ismail book, entitled "Lettre à mon frère Marocaine" ("Letter to my Moroccan brother"), with an introduction by Ahmed Baba Miské.[8] Also, an Italian solidarity association in Mantua was named "Associazione Fadel Ismail" in his honour.
A Sahrawi press and cultural centre in Algiers was named "Mohamed Fadel Ismail" in 2004 in his honour.[9]
See also[]
External links[]
- Mohamed-Fadel Ismaïl ould Es-Sweyih, alias Mohamed Fadel, Ý 5/6.05.02 Non-exhaustive list of recent publications at ARSO.org.
- La República Árabe Saharaui Democrática "El Primer Estado del Sáhara Occidental" (in Spanish)
- Lettre à mon frère Marocaine (in French)
References[]
- ^ "SPS celebrates its 10th anniversary". Sahara Press Service. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Les Sahraouis. L'Harmattan editions. 1998. ISBN 2-7384-7007-6. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ [] ARSO
- ^ Western Sahara Weekly News, Week 40. 30.09.-06.10.2001 – 02.10.01 OAU ARSO, 2 October 2001
- ^ La République Sahraouie. L'Harmattan editions. 2001. ISBN 2-7475-0513-8. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ Mourning of Mohamed-Fadel Ismaïl ould Es-Sweyih ARSO (in English, Spanish, and French)
- ^ Western Sahara Weekly News, Week 20. 12.-18.05.2002 – 10.05.02 Occupied Territories ARSO, 10 May 2002
- ^ Lettre à mon frère Marocain ARSO
- ^ "Algerian press widely covers the week of solidarity with Saharawi people". SPS. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- 1949 births
- 1951 births
- 2002 deaths
- Ambassadors of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Ethiopia
- People from Laayoune
- Polisario Front politicians
- Sahrawi journalists
- Sahrawi non-fiction writers
- Sahrawi Sunni Muslims
- 20th-century non-fiction writers