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Isaias Afewerki

Personal data
Afwerki in 2002
Date of birth	02 February 1946(age 70)
Place of birth	Asmara, Eritrea
Political party	People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Spouse	Saba Haile
Religion	Eritrean Orthodox
President of Eritrea
Assumed office	24 May 1993
Chairman of the National Assembly of Eritrea
Assumed office	24 May 1993
Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea
In office	29 May 1991 - 24 May 1993
Commander of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front
In office	1970 - 1991

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Isaias Afewerki ( ) (b. in Asmara, on February 2, 1946) is the first and current President of Eritrea, attaining that status when he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front to victory in May 1991, thus ending the 30-year old armed liberation struggle that the Eritrean people refer to as "Gedli".

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