Mohamed Fadel Ismail Ould Es-Sweyih

Mohamed Fadel Ismail محمد اسماعيل فاضل
Born	1952 El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara
Died	May 6, 2002(2002-05-06) Brixton, London, United Kingdom
Cause of death	Heart attack
Resting place	Tindouf, Algeria
Ethnicity	Sahrawi
Occupation	Diplomatic, politician, journalist, writer
Political party	POLISARIO
Religion	Sunni Islam
Children	six

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Mohamed-Fadel Ould Ismail Ould Es-Sweyih (1952 – May 6, 2002) was a Sahrawi nationalist politician, member of the Polisario Front. He was a prominent member of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic diplomatic corps, holding several posts as SADR ambassador or Polisario Front representative.

In 1972 he got involved in the Embryonic Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (the precursor of the Polisario Front) headed by El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed. As Ouali, he got arrested and tortured by Moroccan police during the Tan Tan demonstrations (25–27 May). In 1975, he was part of the Information committee of the POLISARIO, where he became known as a journalist. Shortly after, he became the editor in chief of the Sáhara Libre newspaper.

From 1981, he started to manage as POLISARIO representative, first for Europe, then for France and Sweden. Subsequently, he was councelor to the presidency of the SADR, and to the Sahrawi Commission for the Referendum.

In 1995, he returned to his old post as POLISARIO representative for France. Briefly, he occupied in 1999 the SADR's Ministry of Information, being one of the founders of the Sahrawi Republic official press agency, the Sahara Press Service.^[1] In 1998 he wrote the book Les Sahraouis.

From 1999 to 2001 he was appointed as SADR ambassador to Ethiopia, and permanent representative to the Organization for African Unity. In 2001 he was designated as POLISARIO representative for the United Kingdom and Ireland. That year he wrote the book La République Sahraouie, where he reviews the history and the structure of the SADR.^[2] In the night of May 5–6, 2002, Fadel Ismail died in Brixton, London, due to an asthma crisis, followed by a heart attack.^[3]

A Sahrawi press and cultural centre in Algiers was named "Mohamed Fadel Ismail" in 2004 in his honour.^[4]

References

1. ^ "SPS celebrates its 10th anniversary". SPS. 29-03-2009. http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=4509. Retrieved 09-08-2010. 
2. ^ La République Sahraouie. L'Harmattan editions. 2001. ISBN 2-7475-0513-8. http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=10367. Retrieved 09-08-2010. 
3. ^ Mourning of Mohamed-Fadel Ismaïl ould Es-Sweyih ARSO (English)(Spanish)(French)
4. ^ "Algerian press widely covers the week of solidarity with Saharawi people". SPS. 05-08-2004. http://www.spsrasd.info/sps-e050804.html#3. Retrieved 12-05-2011. 

Persondata
Name	Es-Sweyih, Mohamed Fadel Ismail Ould
Alternative names
Short description	Sahrawi nationalist politician
Date of birth	1952
Place of birth	El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara
Date of death	2002-05-06
Place of death	Brixton, London, United Kingdom