Souleiman Miyir Ali is a Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

an politician and a member of the Pan-African Parliament

Pan-African Parliament

The Pan-African Parliament , also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years...

 from Djibouti.

Ali, a member of the People's Rally for Progress

People's Rally for Progress

The People's Rally for Progress , is a political party in Djibouti. It has dominated politics in the country since 1979, initially under the rule of President Hassan Gouled Aptidon...

 (RPP), was first elected to the National Assembly in the December 1997 parliamentary election

Djiboutian parliamentary election, 1997

Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 19 December 1997. The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy, which had boycotted the last election, ran joint candidates with the ruling People's Rally for Progress. Together, they won all 65 seats in the National Assembly, with the PRP...

 as the 10th candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy

Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy

The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy , is a political party in Djibouti. It is aligned with the interests of the Afar people who live in that country, although it has supporters residing outside of Djibouti....

 (FRUD) in Djibouti Region

Djibouti (city)

The City of Djibouti is the capital and largest city in the Republic of Djibouti, a nation in the Horn of Africa. The biggest settlement on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it lies on a peninsula that separates that basin from the Gulf of Aden.-History:...

. He was re-elected in the January 2003 parliamentary election

Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2003

The 2003 Djiboutian parliamentary election took place in Djibouti on the 10 January 2003 to elect the National Assembly of Djibouti. The ruling coalition of President Ismail Omar Guelleh won all 65 seats in the election defeating an opposition coalition....

 as the 12th candidate on the candidate list of the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) coalition in Djibouti Region.

On 10 March 2004, Ali was chosen by the National Assembly as one of Djibouti's initial five members of the Pan-African Parliament. In the National Assembly, he served as President of the Legislation and General Administration Commission during the same parliamentary term.

Ali was re-elected to the National Assembly in the February 2008 parliamentary election

Djiboutian parliamentary election, 2008

A parliamentary election was held in Djibouti on 8 February 2008. There were 65 candidates running for the 65 seats in the National Assembly, with all of the candidates coming from the ruling coalition, the Union for the Presidential Majority...

as the 12th candidate on the UMP's candidate list for Djibouti Region. Following the election, he was re-elected as President of the Legislation and General Administration Commission on 25 February 2008.