Isaias Afwerki

Isaias Afwerki

Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] (listen); born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in 24 May 1991, ending the 30-year-old war for independence from Ethiopia.In addition to being president, Isaias has been the chairman of Eritrea's sole legal political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). As Eritrea has never had a functioning constitution, no elections, no legislature and no published budget, Isaias has been the sole power in the country, controlling its judiciary and military. Hence, scholars and historians have long considered him to be a dictator, described his regime as totalitarian, by way of forced conscription; the United Nations and Amnesty International cited him for human rights violations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaias Afwerki has received more than 1,408,850 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Isaias Afwerki is the 2,347th most popular politician (down from 2,274th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Eritrea and the 2nd 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.