title: Yacin Elmi Bouh
text: # Yacin Elmi Bouh
  
  Yacin Elmi Bouh (Arabic: ياسين علمي بوح, Somali: Yaasiin Cilmi Buux) is a Djiboutian politician. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 2005 and has been Minister of Interior and Decentralization since 22 May 2005.
  
  He was a candidate for the post of Vice-President of the Commission of the African Union in the election held at the summit of the organization on 30 and 31 January 2017 in Addis Ababa.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Bouh was born in the city of Djibouti. He studied primary and secondary schools in Djibouti, culminating in a Higher Leaving Certificate Series B – Economical.
  
  ### Education
  
  He received his Baccalauréat (A level), with major in Economics at the Djibouti High School in 1982. He received Law Diploma (1983–1985) at the Law University of Nantes, BA in Public Law (1986) and MA in Public Law (1987).
  
  ### Training
  
  He developed legal texts at the Institut de l’Administration Publique in Paris between 2 January 1988 and 31 March 1988, and was planning projects and public finances at the University of Pittsburgh between 1 June and 31 August 1990.
  
  