Isaias Afwerki

Isaias Afwerki

Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and leader who has been the president of Eritrea since its independence in 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994. Isaias joined the pro-independence Eritrean Liberation Front in 1966 and quickly rose through the ranks to become its leader in 1970, before defecting to form the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). Having consolidated power within this group, he led pro-independence forces to victory on 24 May 1991, ending the 30-year-old war for independence from Ethiopia, before being elected president of the newly-founded country of Eritrea two years later. Western scholars and historians have long considered Isaias to be a dictator, with Eritrea's constitution remaining unenforced, electoral institutions effectively being nonexistent, and a policy of mass conscription. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaias Afwerki is the 477th most popular politician (up from 1,417th in 2019), the most popular biography from Eritrea and the most popular Eritrean Politician.

Isaias Afwerki is the president of Eritrea. He is most famous for leading the Eritrean People's Liberation Front to victory in the Eritrean War of Independence.