Isaias Afwerki

His Excellency Isaias Afwerki
President Isaias Afwerki in 2021
President of Eritrea
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 May 1993
Preceded by	Position established
President of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 1993
Preceded by	Position established
Chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 1990
Preceded by	Position established
Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea
In office 9 June 1991 – 24 May 1993
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front
In office 12 January 1987 – 15 June 1994
Preceded by	Romodan Mohammed Nur
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-02) 2 February 1946 (age 75) Asmara, Eritrea
Political party	People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Spouse(s)	Saba Haile
Children	3 (Abraham Afwerki, Elsa Afwerki, Berhane Afwerki)
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Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ [isajas afwɐrkʼi];^[1] born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician who has been the first and current President of Eritrea since the country's independence in 1993. He led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in May 1991, ending the 30-year-old war for independence.

Isaias is the leader of Eritrea's sole legal political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). He has been cited for human rights violations by the United Nations and Amnesty International. Reporters Without Borders ranked Eritrea, under the government of Afwerki, last in its Press Freedom Index from 2007 until 2016.