Ahmed Duale Gelle ( so, Axmed Ducaale Geele; born 8 July 1949) was the 5th president of

Galmudug State Galmudug ( ar, جلمدج; it, Galmudugh), officially Galmudug State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Galmudug ee Soomaaliya), is a Federal Member State in central Somalia, with its capital at Dhusamareb. It is bordered to the north by the ...

of Somalia, in office from 3 May 2017 to 2 February 2020. Before he became Galmudug’s president he was a businessman and former federal parliament member.

Background

Personal life

Gelle was born in 1945 in the city of Galkayo, situated in the Mudug, region of Somalia and hails from the Sacad subclan of Habar Gidir. Gelle stands from the Habar Gidir Hawiye clan

Education

Gelle graduated from Somali National University in Mogadishu, Somalia with Bachelor of Arts in Economics in between 1960-1970.

President of Galmudug

Inauguration

May 29, 2017, Galmudug's president was officially inaugurated into office at a ceremony in the state capital

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. The event was attended by the president of the

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president Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe), Puntland president Abdiweli Mohamed Ali,

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president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Hirshabelle vice president Cali Cabdulaahi Xuseen (Guudlaawe), governor of

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, Federal MP's, representatives from Turkey, Djibouti, U.S., EU, AU, Ethiopia and IGAD. It was also attended by Galmudug's public and members of the Somali expatriate community. Representatives of the international community urged Gelle to hold meetings with Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (a Galmudug-based paramilitary group consisting of moderate Sufis opposed to Islamist groups such as Al-Shabaab) although reconciliation meetings were held before Galmudug's election and despite the first round of talks being successful, it was curtailed by the presidential campaign of Galmudug State. Gelle promised to find solutions and hold meetings with Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a and he also promised to find solutions for Galkayo conflicts between Puntland and Galmudug before he selects his cabinet.

References

Former MP elected as Galmudug President

External links

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