Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed ( so, Cabdirisaaq Khaliif Axmed) is a
Somali politician, and is the current speaker of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament (
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
).
He previously served as Somaliland's
Minister of Commerce
A Commerce minister (sometimes business minister, industry minister, trade minister or international trade minister) is a position in many governments that is responsible for regulating external trade and promoting economic growth (commercial polic ...
during the
Siilaanyo administration.
During the
2021 Somaliland parliamentary election Abdirisak, from the main opposition party
Waddani
The Somaliland National Party ( so, Xisbiga Waddani, lit=Patriotic Party), sometimes referred to as the Waddani National Party and better known by its shortened Somali form Waddani, is a political party in Somaliland. The party was founded by Ab ...
, won the first round of voting with 42 votes, beating his competitor
Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir aka "''Faratoon''", from the ruling
Kulmiye
The Kulmiye Peace, Unity and Development Party ( so, Xisbiga Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo Horumarka; ar, حزب التضامن), also known as simply Kulmiye (), is a political party in Somaliland. The party was founded by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud ...
party, who had 39 votes.
Overview
Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed was born in 1967 in
Las Anod
Las Anod ( so, Laascaanood; ar, لاسعانود) is the administrative capital of the Sool region of Somaliland.
Territorial dispute
The city is disputed by Puntland and Somaliland. The former bases its claim due to the kinship ties between ...
,
Somaliland
Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...
.
He completed his primary education in Las Anod and later moved to
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
for further studies.
See also
*
List of Somalis
This is a list of notable Somalis from Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia as well as the Somali diaspora.
Academics
* Ali A. Abdi – sociologist and educationist, and professor of education and international development at the Uni ...
References
1967 births
Living people
21st-century Somaliland politicians
Government ministers of Somaliland
Speakers of the House of Representatives (Somaliland)
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