Mohamed Abdelaziz

Mohamed Abdelaziz (born 1947) was one of the initial leaders in the mid-1970's of POLISARIO, a separatist movement in Western Sahara. He was elected Secretary General in 1976, and was responsible for helping to draft the constitution of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic(SADR). Since the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, he has been elected to the presidency of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic - a parliamentary government representing the ethnic majority of Western Sahara, Saharawis. He has served as president since 1982. He lives in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.