Khalil Mohamed Abdelaziz
Khalil Mohamed Abdelaziz | |
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الخليل محمد عبد العزيز | |
| Polisario Front Representative to the Community of Madrid | |
| Assumed office October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun |
| Preceded by | Jadiyetu El Moctar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 (age 40–41) Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria |
| Party | Polisario Front |
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Khalil Mohamed Abdelaziz[1] (Hassaniyya: الخليل محمد عبد العزيز; born 1985) is a Sahrawi journalist, activist, and politician, currently serving as the Polisario Front Representative to the Community of Madrid since 2025.
Early life
Khalil was born in 1985 in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria. He is the son of the late Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, and the former Sahrawi Minister of Culture Khadidja Hamdi.[2]
He spent his childhood in the camps and his summers in the Spanish town of Los Barrios under the "Holidays in Peace" programme. He later ended up extending his stay due to health reasons, and eventually graduated from high school in Spain.[3]
He studied Social Communication in Havana thanks to a cooperation agreement between the Sahrawi and Cuban governments.[3]
He returned to the Sahrawi refugee camps in 2011 to work for the Sahrawi public broadcaster RASD TV, with him promoting and working at the Spanish-language section. He also later served as a communications manager for the Polisario Front in Spain.[3]
Political career
Khalil was appointed as the Polisario Front Representative to the Community of Madrid in October 2025, replacing Jadiyetu El Moctar.[3]
After the killing of his brother Lehbib Mohamed Abdelaziz in June 2026, Moroccan newspaper Yabiladi described him as an emerging "significant figure" ahead of the Polisario Front's next congress.[4]
References
- ↑ "Polisario Front representative in Madrid received at Coslada City Hall". Sahara Press Service. 23 April 2026.
- ↑ de Vega, Luis (23 September 2016). "El Polisario cambia de líder, pero no de objetivo" [The Polisario changes its leader, but not its objective]. Ahora (in Spanish).
- 1 2 3 4 "La Larga Espera: 50 Años del Abandono del Sáhara Occidental" [The Long Wait: 50 Years of the Abandonment of Western Sahara] (in Spanish). Beers&Politics. 12 November 2025.
- ↑ Jaabouk, Mohammed (24 June 2026). "Brahim Ghali eyes fourth term as Polisario congress looms". Yabiladi. Retrieved 12 July 2026.