Minister of Economy, Finance, and Privatization Yacin Elmi Bouh of Djibouti

Bouh was born in the city of Djibouti.

In his letter to the IMF, Minister Bouh says that authorities now had reached a "political commitment to pursuing reforms," thus hoping to be considered by the Fund.

Criminal Affairs Squad agents arrested Omar Ahmed Vincent and Aboubaker Ahmed Aouled, director of publication and editor in chief, respectively, of the weekly Le Populaire, on charges of "incitement to ethnic hatred" after the April 26 edition of the newspaper reported that Finance Minister Yacin Elmi Bouh was involved in an embezzlement scheme.