title: Ismahan Abdi Douksieh
text: # Ismahan Abdi Douksieh
  
  Ismahan Abdi Douksieh is a Djiboutian politician. In 2003 she was elected to the National Assembly as one of the first group of women to enter the legislature.
  
  ## Career
  
  Prior to the 2003 elections, a new electoral law was passed, requiring party lists to consist of at least 10% of each gender. Douksieh was elected in Djibouti Region as a representative of the Union for the Presidential Majority, one of seven successful female candidates who became the first women in the National Assembly.
  
  