Dr. Abdi Mohamed Ulusso (born July 1, 1958,

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

) is a Somali politician who ran for the Somali presidency in 2003. He hails from the Wacbudhan clan (an Abgaal subclan). He has served as ''Guddoomiyaha Golaha Midnimada Mudulood'' (GGMM), or Chairman of the United Mudulood Congress. He received his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

in education and political science from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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