This is a list of notable

Somalis The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, ar, صوماليون) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared ...

from

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 Constitut ...

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 ...

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

as well as the

Somali diaspora The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved fr ...

Academics

* Ali A. Abdi – sociologist and educationist, and professor of education and

international development International development or global development is a broad concept denoting the idea that societies and countries have differing levels of economic or human development on an international scale. It is the basis for international classificatio ...

at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thr ...

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, for ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

; former President of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC); founding/co-founding editor of the

peer review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

ed online publications, ''Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education'' and ''Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry'' *

Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi ( so, Maxamed Diriye Abdullahi, ar, محمد ديري عبد الله; born 1958) is a Somali-Canadian scholar, linguist, writer, translator and professor. Biography Formerly a journalist in his native Somalia, Abdulla ...

– scholar, linguist and writer; published on

Somali culture The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions in that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term ''Somali'' from a geopolitical sense is '' Horner'' and from an ethnic sense, it is '' Cushite''. Ov ...

, history, language and

ethnogenesis Ethnogenesis (; ) is "the formation and development of an ethnic group". This can originate by group self-identification or by outside identification. The term ''ethnogenesis'' was originally a mid-19th century neologism that was later introd ...

* Ali Jimale Ahmed – poet, essayist, scholar, and

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

writer; published on Somali history and linguistics * Shire Jama Ahmed (c. 1935–1989) – linguist who devised a unique

Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern ...

for the

Somali language Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad: ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 ) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an ...

Suleiman Ahmed Gulaid Suleiman Ahmed Gulaid ( so, Saleebaan Axmed Guuleed, ar, سليمان احمد جوليد) is a Somali educator and the president of Amoud University Amoud University ( so, Jaamacada Camuud) is a comprehensive public university, located in ...

- prominent professor and the president of

Amoud University Amoud University ( so, Jaamacada Camuud) is a comprehensive public university, located in the city of Borama in Somaliland. The university started in 1998 with 66 students in two faculties (Education and Business Administration), and three tea ...

Abdirahman Hussein Abdirahman Hussein (born in Hargeisa, Somaliland) is a scholar and teacher who taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is best known for his book on Edward Said, ''Edward Said: Criticism and Society'' (London: Verso, 2002), in whi ...

– scholar and teacher at

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th sta ...

* Abdi Kusow – professor of

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of th ...

Ames, Iowa Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary me ...

; has written extensively on Somali sociology and anthropology * Mohamed Haji Mukhtar – professor of African and Middle Eastern History at

Savannah State University ) , established = , closed = , type = Public historically black university , parent = University System of Georgia , academic_affiliation = Space-grant , endowment ...

; has written extensively on the

history of Somalia Somalia ( so, Soomaaliya; ), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia ( so, Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, ) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. The country was an important ...

and the Somali language * Ismail Jim'ale Osoble – lawyer, once served as Minister of Information in the government of

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar Aden Abdulle Osman Daar ( so, Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan Dacar, ar, آدم عبد الله عثمان دعر) (December 9, 1908 – June 8, 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the So ...

Abdi Ismail Samatar Abdi Ismail Samatar ( so, Cabdi Ismaaciil Samatar, ar, عبدي إسماعيل ساماتار) (born 1950) is a Somali scholar, writer and professor of geography. Personal life Samatar was born in 1956 in Gabiley in Somaliland. He is the brother ...

– prominent scholar and professor at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

* Ahmed Ismail Samatar – prominent professor and

Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

of the Institute for Global Citizenship at

Macalester College Macalester College () is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2018 from 50 U.S. states, four U.S te ...

; editor of ''Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies'' *

Said Sheikh Samatar Said Sheikh Samatar ( so, Siciid Sheekh Samatar, ar, سعيد الشيخ سمتر‎; 1943–24 February 2015) was a prominent Somali scholar and writer. Biography Early years Said was born in 1943 in the Ogaden in Ethiopia to Faduma and Sh ...

(1943–2015) – prominent scholar and writer and former professor of history at Rutgers University; main areas of interest are history and

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Ling ...

Activists

Dekha Ibrahim Abdi Dekha Ibrahim Abdi ( so, Deeqa Ibraahim Cabdi, 1964 - 14 July 2011) was a Kenyan peace activist based in Mombasa, Kenya. She worked as a consultant to government and civil society organisations. She was of Somali ethnicity. Personal life Dekha ...

(1964–2011) – peace activist in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

* Leila Abukar – political activist *

Fartuun Adan Fartuun Abdisalaan Adan ( so, Fartuun Aadan, ar, فارتون آدن) is a Somali social activist. She is the Executive Director of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre. Personal life Adan grew up in Somalia. She was married to Elman Ali A ...

– social activist; founder and executive director of the Elman Peace Centre *

Elman Ali Ahmed Elman Ali Ahmed ( so, Cilmi Cali Axmed, ar, علم علي أحمد) was a Somali entrepreneur and social activist. Personal life Ahmed was based in Mogadishu Ahmed was married to Fartuun Adan, with whom he had four daughters. Due to having re ...

– entrepreneur and social activist * Halima Ahmed – political activist with the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Mogadishu * Hodan Ahmed – political activist and Senior Program Officer at the National Democratic Institute * Ifrah Ahmed – social activist; founder of the UYI NGO * Nimco Ahmed – Somali-American political activist; State Director for the DFL *

Abdulkadir Yahya Ali Abdikadir Yahya Ali ( so, Cabdiqaadir Yaxye Cali) (1957 – July 12, 2005), was a Somali peace activist best known for his work through his own Centre for Research and Dialogue. Yahya also worked from time to time as an independent consultant giv ...

(1957–2005) – peace activist, co-director and founder of the Center for Research and Dialogue. * Abdirizak Bihi – social activist; Director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center *

Ilwad Elman Ilwad Elman ( so, Ilwaad Elman) is a Somali-Canadian social activist. She works at the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu alongside her mother Fartuun Adan, the NGO's founder. She was voted the African Young Personality (Female) o ...

– social activist at the Elman Peace Centre *

Asha Haji Elmi Asha Haji Elmi ( so, Caasha Xaaji Cilmi, ar, عائشة حاجي علمي) (born 1962) is a Somali politician and peace activist. As of August 2012, she is a former member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. Background Elmi was born in 1962 i ...

(Caasha Xaaji Cilmi) (b. 1962) – peace activist in Somalia * Leyla Hussein – psychotherapist and social activist; Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven; co-founder of Daughters of Eve * Ahmed Hussen – Somali-Canadian lawyer and social activist; President of the Canadian Somali Congress * Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim – Somali social activist *

Hanan Ibrahim Hanan Ibrahim MBE ( so, Xanan Ibraahiim, ar, حنان ابراهيم) is a Somali social activist. She is the Chairperson of the Barnet Muslim Women's Network, among other organizations. Early years Ibrahim grew up in Somalia. She is a mother o ...

– social activist based in the UK; founder of the Somali Family Support Group (SFSG) *

Fatima Jibrell Fatima Jibrell ( so, Fadumo Jibriil, ar, فاطمة جبريل; born December 30, 1947) is a Somali-American environmental activist. She was the co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (now Ade ...

(b. 1947) – Somali-American environmental activist; co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization ("

Horn Relief Adeso (previously Horn Relief) is Nairobi-based humanitarian non-governmental organization. The organisation was founded by Fatima Jibrell in 1991, who handed leadership over to her daughter Degal Ali in 2006. The organisation is noted for i ...

"); co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking; was instrumental in the creation of the Women's Coalition for Peace * Hirsi Magan (Xirsi Magan Ciise) (1935–2008) – activist, scholar and one of the leading figures of the

Somali Revolution The Somali Rebellion was the beginning of the civil war in Somalia that occurred in the 1980s and early 1990s. The rebellion started in 1978 when President Siad Barre began using his special forces, the "Red Berets" (''Duub Cas''), to atta ...

* Magid Magid – Somali-British activist and politician who served as the

Lord Mayor of Sheffield The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. E ...

Adam Matan Adam Matan OBE ( Somali ''Adan Mataan'') (Arabic: آدم متان) is a Somali-British civil society leader and social activist. He is the former Director of the Anti-Tribalism Movement, a non-profit organisation established in 2010 to combat tri ...

– activist and community organiser who was the first Somali-Brit to be awarded the OBE medal by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge for services to the Somali community in the United Kingdom. * Hawa Aden Mohamed – social activist; chairperson of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development *

Musse Olol Musse Olol ( so, Muuse Olool, ar, موسى العالول), also known as Muse A. Olol Diinle, is a Somali-American engineer and social activist. He is the Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO). Background Early years Olol ...

– American social activist and Chairman of the Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO) * Hibaaq Osman – political strategist; chairperson of the ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, and El-Karama * Hawo Tako (d. 1948) – early 20th century female nationalist whose sacrifice became a symbol for pan-Somalism *

Mohamud Siad Togane Mohamud Siad Togane ( so, Maxamed Siyaad Toogane, ar, محمد سياد توغن; born July 1, 1947) is a Somali-Canadian poet and peace activist. Biography Born in Somalia, Togane was educated in Mennonite schools in Mahaddei and Jowhar in ...

(b. 1943) –

Somali Canadian Somali Canadians are Canadians of Somali origin or are dual Somali and Canadian nationality. Overview Most Somalis arrived in Canada between the late 1980s from Somalia and early 1990s as refugees, with some secondary migration from the United ...

poet, professor, and political activist * Hanad Zakaria Warsame (1952–2008) – doctor and

anti-Communist Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the ...

activist *

Shadya Yasin Shadya Yasin ( so, Shaadiyya Yaasiin; ar, شادية ياسين) is a Somali social activist, poet and teacher. Personal life Yasin was born around 1984 in Somalia. Later living for a period in Tanzania and Kenya, she emigrated to Canada in ...

– Somali-Canadian social activist and member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Youth Opportunities

Artists

Aar Maanta Hassan-Nour Sayid ( so, Xasan-Nuur Sayid, known by his stage name Aar Maanta) is a Somali people, Somali–British singer-songwriter, actor, composer, instrumentalist and music producer. Personal life Maanta, born Hassan-Nour Sayid in Jigjiga, t ...

– singer, composer, songwriter and music producer *

Abdi Sinimo Abdi Sinimo ( so, Cabdi Siniimoo, ar, سنيمو) (born 1920, died 1967) was a Somali singer, songwriter, poet and musical innovator. He is noted for having established the Balwo genre of Somali music, which was the forerunner of the Heelo genr ...

(c. 1920s–1967) – artist and inventor of the

Balwo Balwo is a style of music and poetry practiced in Somalia as well as Djibouti. Its lyrical contents often deal with love and passion. The Balwo genre was founded by Abdi Sinimo. Origins The Balwo genre was founded by Abdi Sinimo, a Somali of t ...

musical style *

Abdullahi Qarshe Abdullahi Qarshe ( so, Cabdilaahi Qarshe, ar, عبدالله قارشي) (1924–1994) was a Somali musician, poet and playwright known as the "Father of Somali music". In 1957 he wrote and composed the Somali National Anthem, Qolobaa Calankee ...

(1924–1994) – musician, poet and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

known for his innovative styles of music which included a wide variety of musical instruments such as the guitar, piano, and oud *

Alisha Boe Alisha Ilhaan Bø (born March 6, 1997), known professionally as Alisha Boe, is a United States–based actress. She is known for playing Jessica Davis in the Netflix drama series ''13 Reasons Why''. Early life Boe was born in Oslo, Norway, to ...

– actress, known for portraying Jessica in Netflix's original series 13 Reasons Why. *

Ali Feiruz Ali Abdi Feiruz, known as Ali Feiruz, ( so, Cali Fayruus) was a prominent Somali musician. He belonged to the Habr Awal clan of the Isaaq clan family. Biography Feiruz was born in 1931 in Djibouti. He later moved to Hargeisa, Somaliland in the ...

(1931–1994) – musician; one of the first generation of Somali artists; prominent member of Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes * Amin Amir – Somali-Canadian cartoonist and painter *

Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdi ( so, Barkhad Cabdi; born April 10, 1985) is a Somali-American actor. He made his acting debut as Somali pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film '' Captain Phillips'' (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Awar ...

– actor, best known for his portrayal of

Abduwali Muse Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse ( so, Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; ; ; born 1990) is a convicted Somali pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. On 16 February 2 ...

in the film, yCaptain Phillips, co-starring

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

. *

Elisa Kadigia Bove Elisa Kadigia Bove is an Italian actress. Personal life Kadigia Bove is of Italian-Somali descent.Guduuda 'Arwo – singer *

Hassan Sheikh Mumin Hassan Sheikh Mumin ( so, Xasan Sheekh Muumiin, ar, حسن الشيخ مؤمن) (1931 – 16 January 2008) was a Somali poet, playwright, broadcaster, actor and composer. Biography Mumin was born in 1931 in the northwestern town of Zelia, ...

(1930/31–2008) – poet, reciter, playwright, broadcaster, actor and composer * Hasan Adan Samatar (b. 1953) – artist during the 1970s and 80s *

Mohamed Mooge Liibaan Mohammed Mooge Liibaan ( so, Maxamed Mooge Liibaan, ar, محمد موجي ليبان ) (1945-1984) was a prominent Somali instrumentalist, vocalist, poet, politician and activist. History Mooge was born in Hargeisa, British Somaliland and hai ...

(d. 1984) – artist from the Radio Hargeisa generation *

Ahmed Mooge Liibaan Ahmed Mooge Liibaan ( so, Axmed Mooge Liibaan, ar, احمد الموجي ليبان) (1943-1997) was a prominent Somali musician and singer. He was the brother of Mohamed Mooge Liibaan, another prominent Somali artist, and is also the father of ...

(d. 1997) – artist from the Radio Hargeisa generation * Magool (1948–2004) (Halima Khaliif Omar) – considered in Somalia as one of the greatest entertainers of all time *

Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec Mohamed Sulayman Tubeec ( so, Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec), (1941– 11 March 2014) was a Somali singer, songwriter and record producer, called the King of Voice. Personal life Tubeec was born in 1941 in the town of Laaleys near Berbera, situated ...

the ''King of Vocals'' * Mocky (Dominic Salole) (b. 1974) – Somali-Canadian pop music performer *

Maryam Mursal Maryam Mursal ( so, Maryan Mursal, ar, مريم مرسل) (born 1 January 1950) is a Somali composer and vocalist. Biography Mursal grew up in Somalia in a Muslim family with four daughters. Mursal's family was originally from Somaliland, and i ...

(b. 1950) – musician, composer and vocalist whose work has been produced by the record label Real World * Marian Joan Elliott Said (Poly Styrene) (1957–2011) – pioneering Somali-British punk rock singer with

X-Ray Spex X-Ray Spex were an English punk rock band formed in 1976 in London. During their first incarnation (1976–1979), X-Ray Spex released five singles and one album. Their 1977 single " Oh Bondage Up Yours!" and 1978 debut album '' Germfree Adol ...

* Jiim Sheikh Muumin – singer and instrumentalist * Jonis Bashir – Somali-Italian actor and singer *

K'naan Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 1 February 1978) ( so, Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, ar, كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ ''Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama''), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali-Canadian musician. He rose to prominenc ...

(b. 1978) – Somali-Canadian hip hop artist * Khadija Qalanjo – singer and folklore dancer in the 1970s and 1980s *

Sulekha Ali Sulekha Ali ( so, Suleekha Cali, ar, زليخة علي) is a Somali-Canadian musician. Based in Ottawa, she attended Carleton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in Human Rights. Her choice of tertiary studies ...

– Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter *

Saba Anglana Saba Anglana (born November 17, 1970) is a Somali people, Somali-Italian actress and international singer. Biography Saba was born in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, during the country's Somali Democratic Republic, socialist period. Her mothe ...

– Somali-Italian actress and international singer *

Waaberi Waaberi ( so, Waaberi), was a Somali musical supergroup. History The troupe was established by members of the Radio Artists Association. It was supported by the Somali government as part of the National Theatre of Somalia, and made tours thro ...

– Somalia's foremost musical group; toured throughout several countries in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

, including

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

Waayaha Cusub Waayaha Cusub ("The New Era") is a Somali musical collective. It is led by singer Falis Abdi. In 2013, the ensemble organized the Reconciliation Music Festival in Mogadishu, the first international music festival to be held in Somalia's capital ...

– music collective led by Falis Abdi *

Xiddigaha Geeska Xiddigaha Geeska (''The Horn Stars'') () is a Somali music band from Somaliland. The band is funded by Somaliland's Ministry of Information and National Guidance. The band is led by Hasan Dhuhul Labsalah (). History Xiddigaha Geeska was for ...

– Somali music band based in

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

Athletes

* Liban Abdi (b. 1988) – international footballer; currently plays for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváro ...

in the Hungarian First Division, on loan from

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

Mohammed Ahamed Mohammed Ahmed Jama (born 5 August 1985), commonly known as Mohammed Ahamed or just Mo, is a retired professional footballer, who played as a forward. Ahamed was born in Burao, Somaliland. However, he emigrated to Norway. Career After playing f ...

(b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian – Canadian Olympian in 2012, Nike-sponsored athlete * Abdi Mohamed Ahmed (b. 1962) – professional footballer *

Amin Askar Amin Soleiman Askar ( so, Aamiin Askaar, ar, امين عسكر; born 1 October 1985) is a footballer who plays for Sprint-Jeløy. Born in Ethiopia, he has represented Norway at youth level. Club career A versatile footballer, Askar has played ...

(b. 1985) – Somali-Norwegian professional football player, playing for

Fredrikstad FK Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football ...

in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

* Faisal Jeylani Aweys – taekwondo practitioner *

Zahra Bani Zahra Bani (born 31 December 1979) is a Somali-born Italian javelin thrower. Biography Bani was born in 1979 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to an Italian father and a Somali mother. In 1989, she moved to Torino, Italy with her family an ...

(b. 1979) – Somali-Italian javelin thrower *

Abdi Bile Abdi Bile ( so, Cabdi Bile Cabdi, ar, عبد بلي عبد ; born 28 December 1962) is a former middle distance runner. He holds the highest number of national records in athletics in Somalia across various disciplines. He is currently Somalia ...

(b. 1962) – world champion

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 15 ...

in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

, and three time Olympian *

Ayub Daud Ayub Daud ( so, Ayuub Daaud, ar, أيوب داود; born 24 February 1990) is a Somali professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for the Somalia national team. Club career The son of Daud Hussein, a former member ...

(b. 1990) – international footballer who plays as a forward/attacking midfielder for A.S. Gubbio 1910, on loan from

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...

* Rizak Dirshe (b. 1972) –

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middle distance runner *

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(b. 1983) – Somali-British gold medalist in international

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; currently holds the British indoor record in the 3000 metre and won the 3000 m at the 2009

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Abdisalam Ibrahim Abdisalam Abdulkadir Ibrahim (born 1 May 1991) is a Norwegian-Somali footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ullensaker/Kisa in the OBOS-ligaen. Club career Early career Born in Somalia, Ibrahim moved to Norway in 1998. He began his footbal ...

(b. 1991) – Somali-

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footballer who plays for

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;

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's first Somali player and also the first

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(b. 1976) – Somali-Italian international

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(b. 1979) – Somali-

long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase; won

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in the 2006

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and at the first SPAR European Team Championships in

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in 2009; beat the 31-year-old Swedish record in 2007

Authors

* Jama Musse Jama – ethnomathematician and writer *

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali (; ; Somali: ''Ayaan Xirsi Cali'':'' Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī;'' born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, ar, أيان حرسي علي / ALA-LC: ''Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī'' 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist and former politicia ...

(Ayaan Xirsi Cali or Ayaan Hirsi Magan) (b. 1969) – feminist and political writer *

Gaariye Mohamed Hashi Dhamac ( so, Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac, 1949 – 30 September 2012) better known as Gaarriye, was a Somali poet and political activist. He belonged to the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan. Biography Gaariye was born in ...

(Mohamed Hashi Dhamac) (b. 1951) – poet and writer * Yasmine Allas – actress and writer * Farah Awl (1937–1991) – author; specialized in historical fiction * Cristina Ali Farah (b. 1973) – Somali-Italian writer and poet *

Elmi Boodhari Elmi Boodhari ( so, Cilmi Ismaaciil Liibaan, ar, علمي اسماعيل ليبان) (1908 – 1940) was a Somali poet and pioneer in the genre of Somali love poems. He is known among Somalis as the ''King of Romance'' (Boqorkii Jacaylka). He ...

(d. 1940) – pioneer, writer and poet, known as (King of Romance) among Somalis *

Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah ( so, Nuuradiin Faarax, ar, نورالدين فارح) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, ''From a Crooked Rib'', was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East ...

(b. 1945) – considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world * Musa Haji Ismail Galal (b. 1917) – writer, scholar, historian and linguist; one of the foremost historical authorities on the Somali astrological, astronomical, meteorological and calendrical systems *

Hadrawi Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (1943 – 18 August 2022), known by the pseudonym Hadrawi, was a Somali poet, philosopher and songwriter. Having written many notable protest works, Hadrawi has been likened by some to Shakespeare, and his poetry has be ...

(Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame) (b. 1943) – songwriter, philosopher, and Somali

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; dubbed the "Somali

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" *

Afdhere Jama Afdhere Jama (born 1980) is an American writer and filmmaker of Somali origin. Jama was born and raised in Somalia. He moved to America when he was a teenager. Between the years 2000 and 2010, he was the editor of Huriyah. Jama identifies as que ...

(b. 1980) – Somali-American writer based in San Francisco * Abdukadir Osman – writer *

Aadan Carab Aadan Carab was a poet born in Darawiish-controlled territory in 1917. The early forms of poetry of Aadan Carab is primarily concerned with clan duels, and or clans prevailing over others either in jest or pertaining to actual events. His latter p ...

, poet who narrated the Dhulbahante genocide at the hands of European colonialists in the Darawiish era * Salaan Carrabey (d. 1943) – legendary poet * Hussein M. Adam – writer, journalist and professor *

Ladan Osman Ladan Osman ( so, Laadan Cismaan, ar, لادان عثمان) is a Somali-American poet and teacher. Her poetry is centered on her Somali and Muslim heritage, and has been published in a number of prominent literary magazines. In 2014, she was a ...

– poet and teacher *

Sofia Samatar Sofia Samatar (born October 24, 1971) is an American poet, novelist and educator from Indiana. Early life Samatar was born in 1971 in northern Indiana, United States. Her father was the Somali scholar, historian and writer Said Sheikh Samatar ...

– Somali-American writer *

Igiaba Scego Igiaba Scego (born 20 March 1974 in Rome) is an Italian writer, journalist, and activist of Somali origin. Biography Igiaba Scego was born in Rome, Italy, in 1974, after her parents were forced to flee Somalia following the 1969 coup d'état o ...

– Somali-Italian writer *

Warsan Shire Warsan Shire (born 1 August 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher, who was born to Somali parents in Kenya. In 2013 she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize, chosen from a shortlist of six candidates ...

(b. 1988) – poet *

Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed "Timacadde" ( so, Cabdilaahi Suldaan Maxamed, ar, عبد الله سلطان محمد) was a Somali poet. He was among the most prominent bards of his day. Biography Timacade was born in 1920 in the small town of Galoo ...

(1920–1973) – poet known for his nationalist poems such as "Kana siib Kana Saar" * Abdourahman Waberi (b. 1965) – writer and teacher *

Nadifa Mohamed Nadifa Mohamed ( so, Nadiifa Maxamed, ar, نظيفة محمد) (born 1981) is a Somali-British novelist. She featured on ''Granta'' magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers aged u ...

– Somali-British novelist and

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Directors

Abdisalam Aato Abdisalam Aato ( so, Cabdisalaan Caato; ar, عبد السلام عاتو) (born 1976) is a Somali- American film director, producer, entrepreneur and media consultant. He is the founder of Olol Films, a production company at the forefront of ...

– film director and producer; leader in Somaliwood cinematic movement * Fathia Absie – film director, broadcaster and writer *

Said Salah Ahmed Said Salah Ahmed ( so, Saciid Saalax Axmed, ar, سعيد صالح أحمد) is a Somali playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker. Life Said Salah was previously a biology teacher in Somalia. In 1984-1985, Ahmed directed his first feature film, ...

– playwright, poet, educator and filmmaker * Mo Ali – Somali-British film director *

Ali Said Hassan Ali Said Hassan ( so, Cali Saciid Xasan, ar, علي سعيد حسن) (born 1950) is a Somali film producer, director, former photojournalist and archive collector. Early life Hassan graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome. He initially w ...

– film director and producer; former Somali Film Agency representative *

Idil Ibrahim Idil Ibrahim ( so, Idil Ibraahiim; ar, إدل إبراهيم) is a Somali-American independent film director, producer, actress, writer. Personal life Ibrahim earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from the University of California, Berkeley. In h ...

– filmmaker; founder of Zeila Films * Barni Ahmed Qaasim – multimedia artist and filmmaker *

Abdulkadir Ahmed Said Abdulkadir Ahmed Said ( so, Cabdulkaadir Axmed Saciid, ar, عبد القادر أحمد سعيد) is a prominent Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Biography Said was born in 1953 in Mogadishu, the capita ...

(b. 1953) – film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor

Entrepreneurs

Nasra Agil Nasra Agile ( so, Nasra Cagil; ar, نصرة العقيل) is a Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur. She has been involved in a variety of community service programmes and initiative, and was awarded The Duke of Edinburgh's Internati ...

– Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur * Omar A. Ali – entrepreneur,

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, philanthropist, and specialist on

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; formerly CEO of

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, currently chairman of Integrated Property Investments Ltd and Quadron investments *

Abdirashid Duale Abdirashid Duale ( so, Cabdirashiid Siciid Ducale, ar, عبد الرشيد دعاله) is a multi-millionaire Somali entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Dahabshiil, an international funds transfer company. Biography Duale was born in Burao, Soma ...

–

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, and the

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of the multinational enterprise

Dahabshiil Dahabshiil ( so, Dahabshiil, ar, دهب شيل) is an international funds transfer company, and is the largest money-transfer business in Africa. It's headquartered in Burao, Somaliland. Formed in the early 1970s, the firm operates from over 2 ...

Liban Abdi Egal Liban Abdi Egal ( so, Liibaan Cabdi Egaal, ar, ليبان عبدي إيغال) is a Somali entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of First Somali Bank (FSB), established in 2012. References Living people Ethnic Somali people Som ...

– founder and Chairman of

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* Nuria Sheikh Farah – entrepreneur; owner of Risala Enterprises Ltd. and Chairperson of Gargaar *

Faisal Hawar Faisal Ahmed Yusuf "Hawar" ( so, Faisal Xawaar, ar, فيصل هوار) (born 1963) is a Somali Entrepreneur. He is the CEO/President and co-founder of the International Somalia Development Foundation as well as the Maakhir Resource Company. Pe ...

– engineer and entrepreneur; CEO, President, and co-founder of the International Somalia Development Foundation as well as the Maakhir Resource Company * Amina Moghe Hersi (b. 1963) – entrepreneur; has launched several multimillion-dollar projects in

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, such as the Oasis Centre luxury mall and the Laburnam Courts; runs Kingstone Enterprises Limited, one of the largest distributors of cement and other hardware materials in Kampala * Ayaan and Idyl Mohallim – twin fashion designers and owners of the

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brand * Aden Mohammed – banker and entrepreneur; managing director of

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in East and

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; under his tenure BBK won the Banker Awards 2009 *

Hussein Mohamed Hussein Mohamed ( so, Xuseen Maxamed, ar, حسين محمد) is a Somali entrepreneur. He is a leader of the Somali business community in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_cap ...

– entrepreneur; Vice Chairman of the Eastleigh Business Association *

Hodan Nalayeh Hodan Nalayeh ( so, Hodan Naaleeye; ar, هودان نلايا; 1976 – July 12, 2019) was a Somali-Canadian media executive, marketing consultant, social activist and entrepreneur. She was president of the Cultural Integration Agency and vice ...

– media executive and entrepreneur; President of the Cultural Integration Agency and the Vice President of Sales & Programming Development of Cameraworks Productions International * Hussein Shire – businessman; founder and former CEO of Gateway Bus Company

Journalists

* Mona Kosar Abdi – Somali-American multimedia journalist *

Hassan Abdillahi Hassan Abdillahi "Karate" ( so, Xasan Cabdullaahi, ar, حسن عبد الله) is a Somali journalist and social activist. He is the founder and President of Ogaal Radio. Biography Abdi hails from the Ogaden Darod clan. Nicknamed "Karate", he ...

– journalist and social activist; founder and Chairman of Ogaal Radio *

Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar ( so, Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar, ar, محمود الشيخ ضالمار) is a Somali journalist and Islamic scholar. He worked for many years with a variety of Somali media outlets as well as the BBC's Somali service ...

– journalist and Islamic scholar *

Rageh Omaar Rageh Omaar (; so, Raage Oomaar; ar, راجح أومار; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer. He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to ...

(b. 1967) – Somali-British author and television news presenter; formerly a BBC news correspondent; in 2009, he moved to a new post at

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, where he currently presents the nightly weekday documentary series ''Witness'' *

Mohamed Abshir Waldo Mohamed Abshir Waldo ( so, Maxamed Abshir Waldo, ar, محمد أبشير والدو) was a prominent Somali journalist and political activist. Career Growing up as a camel herder, he eventually ended up at Columbia University during the Colum ...

– political activist and journalist * Abdirahman Yabarow – journalist; Editor-in-Chief of the VOA's Somali service. * Zakaria Madar – Somali multimedia journalist

Judges

Abdulqawi Yusuf Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf ( so, Cabdulqaawi Axmed Yuusuf) is a Somali lawyer and judge serving on the International Court of Justice since 2009. He served as the court's president from 2018 to 2021. Early life Yusuf was born in the northeastern t ...

(b. 1948) – international lawyer, judge and former President of the

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in the Hague. *

Adan Haji Ali Adan Haji Ali Ahmed ( so, Aadan Xaaji Cali Axmed) is a Somaliland lawyer and judge, serving as the current Chief Justice of Somaliland. He assumed the position on June 3, 2015, when he was appointed by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud. See also * Minist ...

– judge and current

Chief Justice of Somaliland The Supreme Court of Somaliland (SCS) ( so, Maxkamadda Sare ee Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland; ar, المحكمة العليا في صوماليلاند) is the highest court under the Constitution of Somaliland. The Court holds the power of judicial ...

Khadra Hussein Mohammad Khadra Hussein Mohammad is a Somali lawyer, who became the first National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland in 2010. She was supported in her training by the United Nations Development Programme. Mohammad is also the first female judge in Somalia. ...

– lawyer and first National Deputy Prosecutor in

* Yusuf Haji Nur – former judge and President of the Supreme Court of the autonomous region of Puntland.

Military

* Haji Yusuf Barre, commander of the biggest battle in Darawiish history, i.e. Jidbali; was the sole defender of Taleh Dhulbahante garesa * Yusuf Agararan, led most successful Darawiish raid since Dul Madoba * Ibraahin Xoorane, Darawiish commander who killed Richard Corfield * Axmed Aarey, Darawiish artillery commander who abetted Richard Corfield's death * Afqarshe Ismail, former Darawiish spokesman-poet; first person to die in an airstrike in Africa * Nur Hedik, commander of the

Dooxato Haroun, also called Fadhiweyn, and natively transliterated as Xarunta in Somali, was a government and headquarters of the Dervishes, headed by Faarax Mahmud Sugulle. According to Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey, the political officer in t ...

(Darawiish cavalry) who had a

Shiikhyaale Haroun, also called Fadhiweyn, and natively transliterated as Xarunta in Somali, was a government and headquarters of the Dervishes, headed by Faarax Mahmud Sugulle. According to Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey, the political officer in the ...

regiment named after him *

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Mohamed Abshir Muse – First General, the commander of Somalia police 1960 1968. *

Nuh Ismail Tani General Nuh Ismail Tani is the Chief of Staff of Somaliland Armed Forces. He hails from the Jibril Abokor, a Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan that predominantly inhabits the Gabiley region. Chief of Staff He was appointed as ...

– current Chief of Staff of

Somaliland Armed Forces The Somaliland National Armed Forces ( so, Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliland; ar, القوات المسلحة الصوماليلاندية, alquaat almusalahat alsuwmalilandia) are the military services of Republic of Somaliland. The Somal ...

Abdikarim Yusuf Adam General Abdikarim Yusuf Adam ( so, Cabdikariim Yuusuf Aadam, ar, عبد الكريم يوسف آدم) was a Somali Somali may refer to: Horn of Africa * Somalis, an inhabitant or ethnicity associated with Greater Somali Region ** Proto-Somali, ...

– army officer and Chief of TFG Army * Muktar Hussein Afrah – officer in the army of the

Transitional Federal Government The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) ( so, Dowladda Federaalka Kumeelgaarka, ar, الحكومة الاتحادية الانتقالية) was internationally recognized as a provisional government of the Republic of Somalia from 14 October ...

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ( so, Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi or Axmed Gurey, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, ar, أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي ; 1506 – 21 February 1543) was an imam and general of the Adal Sulta ...

(c. 1507–1543) – 16th-century

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and military commander; led the Conquest of Abyssinia *

Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki ( so, Hassan Abdullah Hirsii al-Turki, ar, حسن عبد الله حرسي التركي الجامعة; – 27 May 2015) was a Somali Islamist leader of al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) and later of the Islam ...

(b. 1944) – Islamist leader in Somalia and military leader in the Islamic Courts Union * Mohammed Hussein Ali (b. 1956) – major general in the

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and former Commissioner of the Kenya Police *

Botan Ise Alin Mohamed Botan ( so, Bootaan Ciise Caalin) was a Somali rebel leader, formerly based in Mogadishu, and a former member of the Somali Transitional Government, in which he was minister for the disarmament of militias. He was also a member of the Allia ...

(Bootaan Ciise Caalin) – former faction leader and former member of the Transitional Federal Government * Osman Ali Atto (Cismaan Xasan Cali) (b. 1940) – faction leader affiliated with the Somali National Alliance * Akil Dhahar – leader of the

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region and some portions of the

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region *

Hasna Doreh Hasna Doreh ( so, Xasna Dooreeh, ar, حسناء دوريه) was an early 20th-century Somali female commander of the Dervish State, a state which frequently engaged in battles against the imperial powers during the Somaliland campaign. Female ...

– early 20th-century Somali female commander of Diiriye Guure *

Abdillahi Fadal Iman General Abdillahi Fadal Iman ( so, Cabdilaahi Fadal Iimaan) was a Somaliland military official, who served as the Chief of Somaliland Police Force until his death in November 2019. See also * Somaliland Police * Somaliland Armed Forces * Mi ...

(1960–2019) – former Commissioner of

Somaliland Police Force The Somaliland Police, officially the Somaliland Police Force ( so, Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland, ar, قوات الشرطة صوماليلاندي) is a body responsible for law enforcement in the Republic of Somaliland. History Establishmen ...

* Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade (Maxamed Ibraahim Xaabsade) – rebel soldier * Hussein Hasan famous warrior & poet * Farah Nur warrior and poet * Guled Haji wise sage and commander *

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Sayid Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan ( so, Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; 1856–1920) was a Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement, which led a two-decade long confrontation with various colonial empires including the British, ...

(1856–1920) Dervish movement during the

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* Ibrahim Boghol – commander of the Dervish movement *

Daud Abdulle Hirsi General Daud Abdulle Hirsi ( so, Daa'uud Cabdulle Xirsi, ar, داود عبد الله حرسي; 1925–1965) was a Somali police and military officer, who went on to become first Commander of the Somali Armed Forces.Bildhaan, p. 64. Biography ...

(1960–1965) – Somali general, considered the father of the

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Ahmed Madobe Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islaam Madobe ( so, Sheekh Axmed Maxamed Madoobe) is the President of the Jubaland State of Somalia. Background Islamic Courts Union As a member of Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Madobe was governor of Jubaland, in 2006. When ...

– chairman and military commander of Raskamboni movement * Salaad Gabeyre Kediye (d. 1972) – major general in the Somali military; a revolutionary *

Mohamed Adan Saqadhi Mohammed Adan Saqadhi "dabogale " the people named him "janogale" (born 18 October 1967 ), is a Somaliland military official, who’s serving as the Somaliland Police, Chief of Somaliland Police Force. See also * Somaliland Police * Somaliland A ...

(b. 1967) – current Commissioner of Somaliland Police Force *

Mahamoud Mohamed General Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow ( so, Maxamuud Maxamed) is a former Kenyan military commander, and was Chief of General Staff of the Kenyan military and Commander Kenya Army. Career Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali community in northeas ...

– former Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces *

Mohamed Afrah Qanyare Mohamed Qanyare Afrah ( so, Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, ar, محمد افراح قنياري}(1941) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District. He came in third position in Somalia's first el ...

(Maxamed Qanyare Afrax) (b. 1941) – former faction leader *

Abdi Qeybdid Abdi Hasan Awale or Abdi Qeybdiid ( so, Cabdi Xasan Cawaale (Qeybdiid), ar, عبدي حسن عوالي قيبديد; born 1948) is a Somali politician. Personal life Abdi Hasan Awale was born in 1948 in Galkacyo, Somalia. He is a member of th ...

(Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid) (b. 1948) – militia leader affiliated with the Somali National Alliance * Muhammad Ali Samatar – former Minister of Defense; first Vice President; Grand Commander of the Somali National Army (1969-1987) * Yusuf Ahmed Sarinle (d. 2005) – general, commander of the Transitional National Government police force * Osman Omar Wehliye – commander of the

Somali Police Force ) , mission = , formedyear = , formedmonthday = , preceding1 = Police Corps of Somalia (1910–1960) , employees = , volunteers = , budget = , nongovernment = , country ...

from March 2011 *

Ahmed Abdi Godane Ahmed Abdi Godane ( so, Axmed Cabdi Godane; ar, أحمد عبدي جودان; 10 July 1977 – 1 September 2014), also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was the Emir (leader) of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group based in Somalia with ties to Al Qaeda. ...

– former military leader of Al-Shabaab * Kite Fiqi – warrior and poet

Models

Jawahir Ahmed Jawahir Ahmed ( so, Jawaahir Axmed; ar, جواهر احمد) is a Somali- American model. Personal life Ahmed was born in 1991 in Logan, Utah to Somali parents. Her family had moved to the United States earlier that year as the civil war in So ...

(b. 1991) – Somali-American model; as Miss Somalia, won 2013 Miss Africa Utah and was 2nd runner up in the 2013 Miss United Nations USA pageant *

Waris Dirie Waris may refer to: People *Abdul Majeed Waris (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer *Manmohan Waris (born 1967), Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942), British author * Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi (died 2008), India ...

(b. 1965) – model, author, actress and

human rights activist A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists, environmentalists, whistleblowers, trade unionists, lawyers, teachers, housing cam ...

Halima Aden Halima Aden is a Somali-American fashion model. She is noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. Following her participation in the pageant, Halima received national attenti ...

(b. September 19, 1997) – American fashion model. She is noted for being the first Somali-American to compete and become a semi-finalist in the

Miss Minnesota USA The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since its inception in 1995, which also direc ...

pageant. * Ubah Hassan – Somali-Canadian model * Iman (Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) (b. 1955) – international fashion icon,

supermodel A supermodel, also spelled super-model or super model, is a highly paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in ''haute couture'' and commercial modeling. The term ''supermodel'' became prominent in the po ...

, actress and entrepreneur * Fatima Siad (b. 1986) – third-place finisher on ''

America's Next Top Model ''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...

'', Cycle 10; professional model *

Yasmin Warsame Yasmin Abshir Warsame ( so, Yasmiin Abshir Warsame, ar, ياسمين ابشير ارسام; born May 5, 1976) is a Somali-Canadian model and activist. In 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by ''Fashion'' magazine. Biogr ...

(b. 1976) – Somali-Canadian model; in 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by ''

Fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fash ...

'' magazine

Royals

(c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) – Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate who invaded Abyssinia and defeated several Abyssinian emperors. *

Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din ( ar, علي بن صابر الدين زنكي) () was the son of Sabr ad-Din I. The Emperor of Ethiopia Newaya Krestos made him Governor of Ifat after the death of his father. Reign According to Taddesse Tamrat, Al-Maqrizi ...

(fl. after 1344) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate *

Haqq ad-Din I Haqq ad-Din I ( ar, هاك اد الدين) (flourished 1328) was a sultan of the Ifat Sultanate and the son of Nahwi b. Mansur b. Umar Walashma. According to I.M. Lewis, Emir Haqq "turned the sporadic and disjointed forays of his predecessors in ...

(fl. 1328) – Somali Emir of the

Sultanate of Ifat The Sultanate of Ifat, known as Wafāt or Awfāt in Arabic texts, was a medieval Sunni Muslim state in the eastern regions of the Horn of Africa between the late 13th century and early 15th century. It was formed in present-day Ethiopia around e ...

Jamal ad-Din I Jamal ad-Din ( ar, جمال اد الدين) (flourished mid-14th century) was a governor of the Sultanate of Ifat. He was the son of Nahwi b. Mansur b. Umar Walashma (Umar ibn Dunya-huz) and a brother of Haqq ad-Din I. Reign The Emperor of Ethi ...

(fl. mid-14th century) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate *

Sabr ad-Din I Sabr ad-Din I () was a sultan of the Ifat Sultanate. He was the son of Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma and younger brother of Haqq ad-Din I. Reign Sabr ad-Din rallied his fellow Muslims in a counter-offensive in early 1332 against the Christi ...

(fl. 1332) – Somali Emir of the Ifat Sultanate *

Haqq ad-Din II Haqq ad-Din II ( ar, حق الدين الثاني) (ruled late 14th century) was a Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate, the brother of Sa'ad ad-Din II, and the son of Ahmad ibn Ali. Haqq was the first Sultan to move the capital of Ifat to the Harar pla ...

(ruled late 14th century) – Somali Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate *

Sa'ad ad-Din II Sa'ad ad-Din II ( ar, سعد الدين زنكي), reigned – c. 1403 or c. 1414, was a Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate. He was the brother of Haqq ad-Din II, and the father of Mansur ad-Din, Sabr ad-Din II and Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din. The hist ...

(ruled c. 1400) – Somali Sultan of the Ifat Sultanate * Diiriye Guure, head of the Dhulbahante during Dervish era *

Ibrahim Adeer Ibrahim Adeer ( so, Ibraahin Adeer, ar, ابراهيم أدير) was a Somali ruler. He founded the Sultanate of the Geledi. He subsequently established the Geledi sultanate's ruling house, the Gobroon dynasty, after having to successfully rebe ...

– Somali Sultan; founder of the Sultanate of the Geledi *

Osman Ahmed Osman Ahmed ( ar, عثمان أحمد) was a Somali ruler. He was the fifth and final Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate. Osman Ahmed is considered less illustrious than his predecessors and Gobroon power weakened considerably under his rule. He was ...

– last Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate * Ahmad ibn Ali (fl. mid-14th century) – Somali Governor of the Ifat Sultanate * Arrawelo – Somali Queen of 300 B.C. * Gerad Ali Dable (d. 1503) – 12th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate * Guled Abdi – 1st Grand sultan of the Isaaq * Farah Guled – 2nd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq * Gerad Dhidhin (d. 1311) – founder of the Warsangali Sultanate * Olol Diinle – last Sultan of the Neo-Ajuran Sultanate * Deria Sugulleh Ainashe – 2nd Sultan of the

Habr Yunis The Habar Yoonis ( ar, هبر يونس , Full Name: '' Said ibn Al-Qādhī Ismā'īl ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin al-Ḥusayn al-Hāshimīy'' ) alternatively spelled as Habr Yunis is a major clan part of the sub-clan ...

Awad Deria Sultan Awad Deria ( so, Suldaan Cawad Suldaan Diiriye) was a Somali ruler and the 4th Sultan of the Habr Yunis during the late nineteenth century. Biography Awad was among the youngest sons of Sultan Diiriye who had a total of eighteen sons from ...

– 5th Sultan of the

Mahamud Ibrahim Mahamud Ibrahim Adeer ( so, Maxamuud Ibrahiim Adeer, ar, محمود ابراهيم) sometimes referred to as '' Aw Maxamuud'' was a Somali ruler. He was the second Sultan of the Sultanate of the Geledi. He defeated early challengers to the new S ...

– second Sultan of the Sultanate of the Geledi *

Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim ( so, Yuusuf Maxamuud Ibrahiim, ar, يوسف محمود ابراهيم) was a Somali people, Somali ruler. He was the third and most powerful Sultan of the Geledi sultanate, reigning from 1798 to 1848. Under the reign of Sul ...

– third Sultan of the Geledi Sultanate and victor of the Bardera wars *

Ali Yusuf Kenadid Ali Yusuf Kenadid ( so, Cali Yuusuf Keenadiid, ar, علي يوسف كينايديض) was a Somali ruler. He was the second ruler of the Sultanate of Hobyo. History Ali Yusuf was born into a Majeerteen Darod family. His father, Sultan Yusuf Ali ...

– second Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo * Hassan Farah – 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq *

Yusuf Ali Kenadid Yusuf Ali Kenadid ( so, Yuusuf Cali Keenadiid; 1837 - 14 August 1911) was a Somali Sultan. He was the founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo in April 1878. He was succeeded atop the throne by his son Ali Yusuf Kenadid. Family Yusuf Ali Kenadid was bo ...

– Somali ruler, and the founder of the

Sultanate of Hobyo The Sultanate of Hobyo ( so, Saldanadda Hobyo, ar, سلطنة هوبيو), also known as the Sultanate of Obbia,''New International Encyclopedia'', Volume 21, (Dodd, Mead: 1916), p.283. was a 19th-century Somali kingdom in present-day northeaste ...

in the 1880s * Osman Mahamuud – King of the

Majeerteen Sultanate The Majeerteen Sultanate ( so, Suldanadda Majeerteen 𐒈𐒚𐒐𐒆𐒖𐒒𐒖𐒆𐒆𐒖 𐒑𐒖𐒃𐒜𐒇𐒂𐒜𐒒, lit=Boqortooyada Majerteen, ar, سلطنة مجرتين), also known as Majeerteen Kingdom or Majeerteenia and Migiu ...

in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries *

Mahfuz Mahfuz (or Mohammed) ( Harari: መሕፉዝ, ar, محفوظ; died July 1517) was a Harari Garad, Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate. Life and reign Mahfuz led raids into the provinces of Abyssinia for a number of years. ...

– Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate *

Abdillahi Deria Sultan Abdillahi Deria ( so, Cabdillaahi Diiriye, ar, عبدالله بن ديريه) was the fifth Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and a notable Somali anti-colonial figure. Biography Abdillahi was the son of Sultan Deria Hassan whom he s ...

– 5th Grand Sultan of the Isaaq *

Abdulrahman Deria Sultan Abdulrahman Garad Deria ( so, Suldaan Cabdiraxmaan Garaad Diiriye) was the Sultan of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan and first Habr Awal leader to adopt the Sultan title rather than '' Garaad''. An influential figure that was heavily involved in a ...

– Sultan of the Habr Awal *

Nur ibn Mujahid Nur ibn Mujahid ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Abdullah al Dhuhi Suha ( Harari: ኑር ኢብን ሙጃሂድ, so, Nuur ibn Mujaahid, ar, نور بن مجاهد; died 1567) was a Muslim Emir of Harar who ruled Sultanate of Harar. He was the primary reason f ...

(d. 1567) – 16th-century Somali Emir and

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

Harar Harar ( amh, ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር; om, Adare Biyyo; so, Herer; ar, هرر) known historically by the indigenous as Gey (Harari: ጌይ ''Gēy'', ) is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Saint ...

* Faduma Sarjelle – Somali princess of the

House of Garen The Ajuran Sultanate ( so, Saldanadda Ajuuraan, ar, سلطنة الأجورانية), also natively referred-to as Ajuuraan, and often simply Ajuran, was a Somali Empire in the Middle Ages in the Horn of Africa that dominated the trade in the n ...

Mohamoud Ali Shire Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire, MBE ( so, Maxamuud Cali Shire, ar, محمود علي شري) was a Somali elder of the Warsangali clan. He bore the title Sultan * (also referred to as Senior Akil) of the Warsangali. He was centered at Las Khorey. ...

(d. 1960) – 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960 * Hersi Aman – legendary 3rd Sultan of the

* Ahmed Yusuf (d. 1878) – fourth Sultan of the Gobroon Dynasty well versed in Islam and dominant in the Banadir *

Nur Ahmed Aman Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman ( so, Suldaan Nuur Axmed Amaan; (1841–1907); Somali nickname Nuur Dheere), was a learned religious leader and the 5th Sultan of the Habr Yunis Sultanate and later also one of the leaders behind the Somali Dervish movement ...

(d. 1908) – 4th

Sultan & major Dervish leader * Deria Hassan – 4th Sultan of the Isaaq clan

Pilots

Asli Hassan Abade Asli Hassan Abade was the first African woman Air Force pilot in whole of Africa and middle east. She is a Somali Air force pilot, military figure, and civil activist. She was the first and so far the only female pilot in the Somali Air Force (S ...

– first Somali female pilot; prominent member of the Somali Air Force; paved the way for gender equality within the military ranks *

Ali Matan Hashi Ali Matan Hashi (1927–1978; so, Cali Mataan Xashi, ar, علي متان حاشي), also known as Ali Matan, was a Somali senior military official and politician. He was the first Somali pilot, and a prominent member of the Supreme Revolutiona ...

– first Somali pilot and prominent member of SRC *

Mustafa Mohamed Moalim Mustafa Mohamed Moalim ( so, Mustafa Maxamed Macalin, ar, مصطفى محمد معلم) (b. 25 March 1943 – 27 December 2009) was a prominent Somali aviator. Early life and education Mustafa Moalin was born in Mogadishu, Somalia to a veterina ...

(Mustafa Maxamed Macalin) (1943–2009) – first Somali fighter pilot; chief of the Somali Air Force School; chief of the Somali Air Force Operations *

Muse Bihi Abdi Musa Bihi Abdi ( so, Muuse Biixi Cabdi, ar, موسى بيحي عبدي) (born 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland, now Somaliland) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer who has been President of Somaliland since December 2017. ...

– Somali air pilot * Khalif Isse Mudan – Balidoogle military base pilot

Politicians

Presidents of Somalia

* Abdiqasim Salad (Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan) (b. 1941) – former

President of Somalia The president of Somalia ( so, Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the unity of the Som ...

Ali Mahdi Muhammad Ali Mahdi Muhammad ( so, Cali Mahdi Maxamed, ar, علي مهدي محمد) (1 January 1939 – 10 March 2021) was a Somali entrepreneur and politician. He served as President of Somalia from 26 January 1991 to 3 January 1997. The Cairo Agreeme ...

(1938–2021) – fourth

Abdirashid Shermarke Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke ( so, Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, ar, عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), also known as Abdirashid Shermarke, was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960, to 14 ...

(1919–1969) – second

* Aden Daar (1908–2007) – Somali politician and the country's first president *

Siad Barre Mohamed Siad Barre ( so, Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: ; ar, محمد سياد بري; c. 1910 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali head of state and general who served as the 3rd president of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 19 ...

(1919–1995) – third

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ( so, Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, ar, عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012) was a Somali politician and former colonel in the Somali National Army. He was one of the founders of the Somali ...

(1934–2012) – former

, first President of Puntland, founder of the

Somali Salvation Democratic Front Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) ( so, Jabhadda Diimuqraadiga Badbaadinta Soomaaliyeed), initially known as the Democratic Front for Salvation of Somalia, was a political and paramilitary umbrella organization in Somalia. Founded in 1978 ...

, the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government * Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle (b. 1940) – former acting

and former Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia; former General in the Somali National Army *

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ( so, Shariif Sheekh Axmed, ar, شريف شيخ أحمد; born 25 July 1964) is a Somali politician who served as President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012. He is the founder and leader of Himilo Qaran political party and ...

(b. 1964) – former

and former Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia

Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) was a Somali political party. A successor to the Islamic Courts Union, it was launched in September 2007. History of the ARS Members of the Islamic Courts Union and Somali opposition leaders ...

. He was also Commander in Chief of the Islamic Courts Union.

Presidents of Puntland

(1934–2012) — former

, first President of Puntland, founder of the

, the Puntland State of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government * Yusuf Haji Nur (Yuusuf Xaaji Nuur) — former acting President of Puntland * Jama Ali Jama — former President of Puntland * Mohamed Abdi Hashi (d. July 12, 2020) — first Vice President of Puntland (1998-2004) and Second President of Puntland ~ interim (2004-2005) * Mohamud Muse Hersi Cadde (d. August 1, 2020) — Third President of Puntland (2005-2009) *

Abdirahman Farole Abdirahman Mohamud Farole ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamuud Faroole; ar, عبد الرحمن محمد; born 1945) is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s an ...

(b. 1945) — Fourth President of Puntland (2009-2014) * Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas (b. 1963)— Fifth President of Puntland (2014-2019) * Said Abdullahi Deni (b. 1965) — Sixth and current President of Puntland (

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Presidents of Somaliland

Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...

(1931–2003) – first

President of Somaliland The president of Somaliland ( so, Madaxweynaha Somaliland; ar, رئيس جمهورية أرض الصومال, Rayiys jumhuriat 'ard alsuwmal) is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland. The president is also commander-in-chief o ...

1991-1993 * Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah – third Vice President of Somaliland 1995-1997 *

Dahir Riyale Kahin Dahir Riyale Kahin ( so, Daahir Riyaale Kaahin, ar, ظاهر ريالي كاهن) (born 12 March 1952) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2002 to 2010. He previously served as a senior officer in the National Secur ...

(b. 1952) – third

2002-2010 *

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" ( so, Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, ar, احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو) (born 1938) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2010–2017. He is a long-time member of the g ...

(b. 1936) – fourth

2010-2017 *

(b. 1948) – fifth and current

2017-?

Presidents of D.Jibouti

* Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916–2006) – first President of Djibouti, 1977-1999 *

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Ismaïl Omar Guelleh ( so, Ismaaciil Cumar Geelle ar, إسماعيل عمر جليه) (born 27 November 1947) is the current President of Djibouti. He has been in office since 1999, making him one of the longest-serving rulers in Africa. He is ...

(b. 1947) – second and current President of Djibouti

Acting Presidents

* Mohamed Jawari – acting

and incumbent Speaker of the

Federal Parliament of Somalia The Federal Parliament of Somalia ( so, Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya; often ''Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya''; ar, البرلمان الاتحادي في الصومال) is the national parliament of Somalia. Formed in August 2012, it is ba ...

Aden Madobe Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe ( so, Aaden Maxamed Nuur Madoobe, ar, آدم محمد نور مادوبي, Maay: Sheeg Ethyng Mothoowy, born 15 April 1956), popularly known as Aden Madobe, is the current Speaker of the Lower House of the Federal Par ...

– former acting

Michael Mariano Michael Mariano ( so, Maykal Maryaano) (1914-1987) was a Somali politician and businessman best remembered for leading a delegation to UN Headquarters in New York City and advocating for the return of the Somali inhabited Haud reserved area to Som ...

(d. 1987) –

Somali Youth League The Somali Youth League (SYL) ( so, Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed رابطة الشباب الصومالي, it, Lega dei Giovani Somali or ''Lega Somala della Gioventù''), initially known as the Somali Youth Club (SYC), was the first polit ...

member, Ambassador, and notable advocate for occupied Somalis in Ethiopia

Prime ministers

Cabbaas Xuseen Afbakayle is a 1905 poem by the Sayid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan made while he was in exile. The poem is a political poem which primarily deals with the topic of treachery and two-facedness, known as ''jeesjeesnimo'' in Somali. According to scholar A ...

, first prime minister of the Darawiish (1895 - 1900) *

– first

Prime Minister of Somalia This is a list of prime ministers of Somalia. The prime minister of Somalia ( so, Ra'iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya) is the head of government of Somalia. There have been 22 official prime ministers since the office was created in 1956. The first p ...

after independence ~1960 * Xaashi Suni Fooyaan - peace-time prime minister of the Darawiish (1905-1906) *

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed ( so, Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed, ar, عبدالولي الشيخ أحمد; born 1959), also known as Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad, is a Somali economist and politician. He previously worked in the Somali military governmen ...

– former

Abdiweli Gaas Abdiweli Mohamed Ali GaasBriefi ...

– former

Osman Jama Ali Osman Jama Ali ( so, Cusmaan Jaamac Cali alluun}, ar, عثمان جامع علي ) (born 1941) is a Somali politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia and briefly served as the Prime Minister from ...

(Cismaan Jaamac Cali) (b. 1941) – Prime Minister under the Transitional National Government *

– (b. 1948) Former military officer; Chairman of the

Peace, Unity, and Development Party 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 ...

and current

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal ( so, Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal, ar, محمد الحاج ابراهيم عقال; August 15, 1928 – May 3, 2002) was a Somali politician who served as the President of Somaliland from 1993 to his death in 2002. H ...

(Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal) (1993–2002) – President of

and former

Hassan Abshir Farah Hassan Abshir Farah ( so, Xasan Abshir Faarax, ar, حسن ابشير فرح; June 20, 1945 – July 12, 2020) was a Somali politician. He previously served as mayor of Mogadishu and interior minister of Puntland. From November 12, 2001 to Novem ...

(Xasan Abshir Faarax) (b. 1945) – former

, former Mayor of

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

, and MP *

Ali Khalif Galaydh Ali Khalif Galaydh ( so, Cali Khalif Galaydh, ar, علي خليف غلير) (15 October 1941 – 8 October 2020) was a Somali politician. He was the Prime Minister of the transitional Somalia administration from 8 October 2000 to 28 October 2001. ...

(Cali Khalif Galaydh) (1941–2020) – former

under the Transitional National Government *

Umar Arteh Ghalib Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib ( so, Cumar Carte Qaalib, ar, عمر عرتي غالب) (1930 – 18 November 2020) was a Somali politician. He was Prime Minister of the Somali Democratic Republic from January 24, 1991 to May 1993. Previous ...

(Cumar Carte Qaalib) (1922–2020) – former

Ali Ghedi Ali Mohammed Gedi ( so, Cali Maxamed Geeddi, ar, علي محمد جيدي) (born 2 October 1952), popularly known as Ali Gedi, was the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia from 2004 to 2007. He was relatively un ...

(Cali Maxamed Geedi) (b. 1951) – former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) *

Abdiwahid Gonjeh Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh ( so, Cabdiwaahid Elmi Goonjeex, ar, وحيد عبدي علمي غونجاه), popularly known as Abdiwahid Gonjeh, is a Somali politician. He is currently a Senator of upper house of the Federal Parliament representing Galm ...

– former Acting

Abdi Farah Shirdon Abdi Farah Shirdon ( so, Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon; ar, عبدي فارح شردون; born 1958) is a Somali businessman, economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia between October 2012 and December 2013. Shirdon is credited ...

- former

Abdirizak Haji Hussein Abdirizak Haji Hussein ( so, Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen; ar, عبد الرزاق حاجي حسين‎; 24 December 192431 January 2014) was a Somali diplomat and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 14 June 1964 to 15 Ju ...

(Cabdirasaaq Xaaji Xuseen) (1924–2014) –

early in the 1960s *

Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Hassan Hussein ( so, Nuur Xasan Xuseen Cadde, ar, نور حسن حسين‎; 2 February 1938 – 1 April 2020), popularly known as Nur Adde, was a Somali politician, who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from November 2007 to February 2 ...

(Nuur Xasan Xuseen "Nuur Cade") (1938–2020) – former Prime Minister of the TFG * Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988) (Cabdullahi Ciise Maxamuud) – first

* Muhammad Abdi Yusuf former

Hassan Ali Khaire Hassan Ali Khaire (or alternatively transliterated as Hassan Ali Khayre, so, Xasan Cali Khayre, ar, حسن علي خيري; born 1967), popularly known as Hassan Khaire, is a Somali activist and politician and is the former Prime Minister of ...

(b. 1968) – former

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ( so, Maxaamed Cabdullaahii Maxaamed, ar, محمد عبدالله محمد; born 11 March 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was prime minist ...

("Farmajo") (b. 1962) – former

and current President * Omar Sharmarke (b. 1960) – former

Mohamed Hussein Roble Mohamed Hussein Roble ( so, Maxamed Xuseen Rooble; born February 1968) is a Somali politician who was the prime minister of Somalia from 23 September 2020. to 25 June 2022. Background He was born in Hobyo in February 1968. He received a BSc i ...

former Prime Minister of Somalia *

Hamza Abdi Barre Hamza Abdi Barre ( so, Xamse Cabdi Barre, ar, حمزة عبد بري) is a Somali politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. He was nominated on 15 June 2022, by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an ...

– current

Other politicians

Asha Ahmed Abdalla Asha Ahmed Abdalla ( so, Casha Axmed Cabdalla; ar, عائشة أحمد عبد الله; born 1958) is a Somalis, Somali politician. She was a founding member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, and is a veteran legislator representing the n ...

– Somali parliamentarian and activist * Yusuf Hassan Abdi (b. 1958) – senior Somali diplomat; Member of Kenya Parliament *

Zahra Abdulla Zahra Abdulla ( so, Sahra Cabdulla, ar, زهراء عبد الله; born 1966) is a Somali-born Finnish politician. She was a member of the Helsinki City Council from 1997 to 2017, representing the Green League. Biography Zahra was born in So ...

(b. 1966) – Somali politician in

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; a member of the

Helsinki City Council The City Council of Helsinki (, ) is the main decision-making organ in the local politics of Helsinki, Finland. The City Council deals with issues such as city planning, schools, health care, and public transport. The 85-seat Council's members a ...

, representing the

Green League The Green League (VIHR, fi, Vihreä liitto , sv, Gröna förbundet), shortened to the Greens ( fi, Vihreät, sv, De Gröna), is a green political party in Finland. Ideologically, the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the polit ...

Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi Cirro, ar, عبد الرحمن محمد عبد الله) (born 24 April 1955), also known as Irro, is a Somaliland politician, who served as speaker of Somaliland House of R ...

– former speaker of

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and founder of Waddani Party * Fowziya Yusuf Haji Adan – former Foreign Minister of Somalia * Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (Cabdilaahi Axmed Caddoow) (b. 1936) – senior Somali politician and diplomat * Ali Mohamed Ahmed – Head of Somali Business union and former Somali Customs Manager; Former Adviser of Somali President

Mohamed Kahin Ahmed Mohamed Kahin Ahmed ( so, Maxamed Kaahin Axmed) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer of the Somali National Movement. He is currently serving as the Minister of Interior of Somaliland since December 2017. He has been a prominent ...

– current Minister of Interior of Somaliland * Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid – current Mayor of Hargesia *

Mohamed Farrah Aidid Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid ( so, Maxamed Faarax Xasan Caydiid; ar, محمد فرح حسن عيديد; 15 December 1934 – 1 August 1996) was a Somali general and diplomat. Educated in both Rome and Moscow, he served as a chief in the Italian ...

(Maxamed Faarax Caydiid) (1934–1996) – chairman of the

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and later the Somali National Alliance * Fatuma Ibrahim Ali – Somali legislator; MP in National Assembly of Kenya *

Abdihakim Amey Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar ( so, Cabdihakiin Cabdulaahi Xaaji Cumar, ar, عبد الحكيم عبد الله حاجي عمر), also known as Abdihakin Abdullahi Omar Amey, is a Somali politician. Former Vice President of Puntland. Personal ...

– Vice President of Puntland * Abukar Arman – Somali writer and diplomat; former Special Envoy of Somalia to the United States *

Hassan Dahir Aweys Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (English: ( so, Xasan Daahir Aweys, ( ar, حسن طاهر أويس; born 1935) is a Somali political figure from the Habargidir/Ayr subclan within the Hawiye clan. During the regime of Siad Barre, Aweys was a colonel i ...

(Xasan Daahir Aweys) (b. 1935) – head of the 90-member

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council of the Islamic Courts Union *

Abdirahman Jama Barre Abdirahman Jama Barre ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Jaamac Barre, ar, عبد الرحمن جامع بري) (1937 – 15 August 2017) was a Somali politician. He twice served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Democratic Republic, and later as ...

– former Foreign Minister of Somalia and close relative of Siad Barre; longest-serving Somali diplomat * Haji Bashir – first President of the Somali National Assembly; former Minister of Health and Labour of Somalia *

Fatimo Isaak Bihi Fatimo Isaak Bihi is a Somali former diplomat. She was the first ever female ambassador (Ambassador to Switzerland). Bihi is also the former Director of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as being a former Perm ...

– ambassador to

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and former Director of the African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Ali Dhere – cleric; head of the first Islamic Courts Union in Mogadishu in 1996; spokesman for Al-Shabaab *

Hussein Ali Duale Hussein Ali Duale ( so, Xuseen Cali Ducaale), commonly known as Awil (Somali: ''Cawil''), is a Somali diplomat and politician who served as the Finance Minister of Somaliland, and former ambassador of the Somali Democratic Republic to Kenya and ...

(Xuseen Cali Ducaale) – former Finance Minister of Somaliland, and former ambassador of Somalia to Kenya and Uganda *

Hussein Abdi Dualeh Hussein Abdi Dualeh ( so, Xuseen Cabdi Duaale) is a Somali politician and petroleum engineer. He is the former Minister of Energy & Minerals of Somaliland. Biography Dualeh was born in the Saraar region of Somaliland. At the age of five ...

– former Minister of Energy & Minerals of Somaliland *

Adan Ahmed Elmi Adan Ahmed Elmi ( so, Aden Axmed Cilmi) was the 4th Agricultural Minister of Somaliland. He became the Agricultural Minister on May 10, 2002, after the resignation of Ali Sheik Yusuf. Background Elmi was born in Hargeisa, and spent his child ...

– former Minister of Agriculture of Somaliland * Bashe Mohamed Farah – speaker of the

* Adde Gabow (Mohamed Ali Hassan or Maxamed Cali Xasan) – former governor of the

Banaadir Banaadir ( so, Banaadir, ar, بنادر, it, Benadir) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southeastern Somalia. It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is bordered to the northwest by the Shabel ...

region and mayor of Mogadishu * Suleiman Haglotosiye – former Minister of Health of Somaliland * Anisa Hajimumin – Somali-American politician, social activist and writer; Minister of Women & Family Affairs of Puntland * Bur'i Mohamed Hamza – State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia *

Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi Abdulkadir Abdinur Hashi ( so, Cabdulqaadir Cabdinuur Xaashi, ar, عبد القادر عبدالنور حاشي) is a Somali politician. He previously served as the Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland, and i ...

– politician; MP and former Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland * Abdishakur Mohamoud Hassan – current

Mayor of Berbera The Mayor of Berbera is the executive of the municipal government in Berbera City and the surrounding city's territory administration. The current mayor is Abdishakur Mohamoud Hassan, who took office on 20 December 2012. List of mayors Se ...

Ahmed M. Hassan Ahmed M. Hassan ( so, Axmed Xasan, ar, احمد حسن) is a Somali American businessman and politician. He is a member of Clarkston, Georgia's city council, the first Somali to hold the position. Personal life Hassan hails from the Somalilan ...

– Somali American member-elect of the Clarkston City Council * Hassan Abdallah Hassan – current Mayor of

Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the mun ...

* Mohamed Moallim Hassan, politician who served as minister of fishery and marine resources of Somalia, 2010-2011 *

Mark Hendrick Sir Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston since a by-election in 2000. Hendrick was previously elected to the Central Lancashire sea ...

(b. 1958) – Somali-British politician and

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Member of Parliament * Mohamud Siraji Member of Somali Parliament *

Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig ( so, Cabdirashiid Maxamed Xidig, ar, عبد الرشيد محمد حديق) is a Somali political and a Member of Parliament in the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia. There are 275 members of the Somali par ...

(Cabdirashiid Maxamed Xidig) – Member of Parliament in the Transitional Federal Parliament *

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein ( so, Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, ar, الشيخ محمد حسين مختار‎; December 9, 1912 – June 12, 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Som ...

(Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen) (b. 1912) – speaker of parliament and interim president *

Zakia Hussein Zakia Hussein ( so, Sakiya Xuseen, ar, زكية حسين), also known as Zakia Hussein Ahmed, is a Somali politician. In August 2018, she became the first woman and youngest Deputy Chief of Somali Police Force. Hussein has survived two assassina ...

– politician; Secretary General of the Hanoolaato Party *

Halima Ismail Ibrahim Halima Ismail Ibrahim (born ) is the Somali Chair of her country's independent electoral board. She is credited with introducing more democratic elections in Somalia in 2016/2017. 2020/2021 is the date chosen for a one-person one vote election bas ...

– Chair of Somalia's National Independent Electoral Commission *

Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamud Ibrahim
, CIA Factbook, August 2011 ( so, Maxamed Maxamuud Ibrahi ...

(b. 1946/47) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia * Jaylaani Nur Ikar – first Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia *

Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade Yusuf Mohammed Siad Indhacade, ( so, Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad "Indhacadde") aka "Inda'ade" (White Eyes) was a Somali islamist and former Minister. In 2011 he was a General in the Somali National Army. He hails from the Ayr sub-clan, part of the Hab ...

(Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad "Indhacadde") – member of the Islamic Courts Union *

Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail ( so, Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil, ar, عبد الله الشيخ إسماعيل) (died 7 May 2021) was a Somali people, Somali politician. Abdulahi belongs to the Biimal clan of Dir. he worked as Translator to Somali p ...

(Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil) – deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the TFG *

Edna Adan Ismail Edna Adan Ismail ( so, Edna Aadan Ismaaciil ama Adna Aadan Ismaaciil) (born 8 September 1937) is a nurse midwife, activist and was the first female Foreign Minister of Somaliland from 2003 to 2006. She previously served as Somaliland's Minis ...

(Edna Aadan Ismaaciil) (b. 1937) – former Foreign Minister of Somaliland * Ismail Ali Ismail – writer and former diplomat * Bashir Isse – Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia *

Ali Ibrahim Jama Ali Ibrahim Jama ( so, Cali Ibraahim Jaamac, ar, علي ابراهيم جامع: born. 26 June 1956), also known as Ali Baghdadi, is a Somali central banker who has been Governor of the Bank of Somaliland The Bank of Somaliland ( so, Baan ...

– current Governor of the Central Bank of Somaliland * Ahmed Sheikh Jama – academician, writer, poet and politician; former Minister of Information of Puntland *

Farah Ali Jama Farah Ali Jama ( so, Faarax Cali Jaamac, ar, فرح علي جامع) is a Somali economist and politician. From January 2009 to January 2014, he served as the Minister of Finance of Puntland. Personal life Jama hails from the autonomous Puntland ...

– politician; former Minister of Finance of Puntland *

Hibaq Jama Hibaq Jama ( so, Xibaaq Jaamac, ar, هيباق جامع) is a Somali-British politician. She is a Labour Party Ward Councillor representing the Lawrence Hill neighbourhood in Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, ci ...

– Somali-British politician; Ward Councillor for Lawrence Hill *

Abdirizak Jurile Abdirizak Jurile ( so, Cabdirisaaq Juurile, ar, عبد الرزاق جريل), commonly known as ''Jurile'', is a Somali British politician, diplomat and professor. Currently he is a Member of Somali Senate, he served as Somali Minister of ...

– Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989-1991); Minister of Planning and International cooperation (2005-2008); Minister of telecommunications (2009-2011); Member of the Upper House of the Federal Government of Somalia; Senator (2016) * Maryam Kassim – Minister of Social Development of Somalia * Mohamed Kiimiko – politician and diplomat * Farah Maalim – current deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament *

Mahboub Maalim Mahboub Maalim ( so, Maxbuub Macalin, ar, محبوب معلم; born 1958) is a Kenyan diplomat. He was the executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (2008-2019). He was appointed by the 12th Summit of IGAD Heads of Sta ...

– diplomat; Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development *

Hassan Ali Mire Dr. Hassan Ali Mire ( so, Xasan Cali Mirreh; ar, حسن علي مير), also known as Hasaan ‘Ali Mirreh, was a Somali politician. During the early 1970s, he briefly served as the first Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic. ...

– politician; first Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic * Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed – Somali-American educator and politician; former Minister of Education, Higher Education and Culture of Somalia *

Ali Omar Mohamed Ali Omar Mohamed ( so, Cali Cumar Maxamed, ar, علي عمر محمد) also known as Cali Xoor Xoor was a Berbera Port's longest serving manager. See also *List of Somalis *Berbera Port The Port of Berbera ( so, Dekedda Berbera, ar, مينا ...

– former Manager of

Berbera Port The Port of Berbera ( so, Dekedda Berbera, ar, ميناء بربرة), also known as Berbera Port, is the official seaport of Berbera, the commercial capital of Somaliland. It is classified as a major class port. Overview Berbera Port historic ...

Amina Mohamed Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril ( so, Aamina Maxamed Jibriil; ar, أمينة محمد جبريل), born 5 October 1961, is a former Kenyan cabinet secretary, lawyer and a diplomat of Somali descent. She is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary ...

– former Chairman of the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organisation's General Council, and current Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya * Hussein Maalim Mohamed – former Kenyan Minister of State in the office of the president *

Hassan Haji Mohamoud Hassan Haji Mohamoud, also known as Hassan Gadhweyneh, is a Somali politician, the longest serving Minister of Education of Somaliland (2003-2010), the Mayor of Berbera (1998-2003), Governor of Sahil region of Somaliland from (1998-2003). He a ...

– former Minister of Education of Somaliland *

Yasin Haji Mohamoud Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir ( so, Yaasiin Xaaji Maxamuud Xiir) also known as Faratoon is a Somali politician, and is a member of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament (House of Representatives). Prior to his election as a member of Somaliland's Ho ...

– current Foreign Minister of Somaliland * Mohamed Hassan Maidane – current

Mayor of Borama The Mayor of Borama is head of the executive branch of Borama City, the capital of Awdal region. The current mayor is Mohamed Ahmed Warsame, who was elected on 17 June 2021. List of mayors See also * Mayor of Berbera * Mayor of Burao * May ...

Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Major General Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan ( so, Maxamed Siciid Xirsi Moorgan, ar, محمد سعيد حيرسي مورغان), also known as General Morgan or Colonel Morgan, is a Somali military and faction leader. He was the son-in-law of Siad B ...

(Maxamed Siciid Xirsi Moorgan) – son-in-law of Siad Barre and Minister of Defense of Somalia *

Ismail Qasim Naji General Ismail Qasim Naji ( so, Ismaaciil Qaasim Naaji, ar, إسماعيل قاسم ناجي) was the chief of staff of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and currently the Somali ambassador in Oman. He has served as a senior of ...

(Ismaaciil Qaasim Naaji) – chief of staff of the Transitional Federal Government * Ahmed Abdi Ogle (1937–2006) – first Somali to serve in the Kenyan Parliament in the 60s; three times elected and served as Assistant Minister and later Deputy Mayor of Nairobi *

Daud Mohamed Omar Daud Mohamed Omar ( so, Dacuud Maxamed Cumar, ar, داود محمد عمر) is a Somali people, Somali politician. He served as the Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia from January 2014 to January 2015. Personal life Omar hails from the aut ...

– Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia *

Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar ( so, Maxamed Cabdullahi Omaar, ar, محمد عبدالله أومار) is a Somali politician and diplomat. He twice served as the Foreign Minister of Somalia. Biography He is the elder son of businessman Abdullahi Om ...

– former Foreign Minister of Somalia *

Mohammad Abdullahi Omar Dr. Mohammad Abdullahi Omar ( so, Maxamed Cabdulaahi Cumar, ar, محمد عبدالله اومار) is a Somalilander politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland. He was appointed to the position on July 28, 2010 by t ...

– politician; former Foreign Minister of Somaliland *

– Minister of Mineral Resources of Somalia *

Ilhan Omar Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the Minnesota ...

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from

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* Mohamed Amin Osman – member of the Transitional Federal Parliament * Sheikhnor Abikar Qassim – founder of one of the Southern Somali Union * Saynab Qayad - member of the Transitional federal parliament of Somalia *

Ali Said Raygal Ali Said Raygal ( so, Cali Saciid Raygaal, ar, علي سعيد رايجال) is a Somali politician. He is the former Minister of Youth and Sports of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia. Raygal was appointed to the positio ...

– former Minister of Youth and Sports of Somaliland * Yusuf Warsame Saeed – former

Mayor of Hargeisa The Mayor of Hargeisa is the chief executive of the city of Hargeisa, the capital and largest city of Somaliland. The current mayor is Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge, who took office on 17 June 2021.https://www.somalilandcurrent.com/2021/06/17/somaliland- ...

Abdirahman Saylici Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismail Saylici ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil Saylici) (born 28 October 1956) is a Somaliland politician who has been Vice President of Somaliland, after winning the election of 2010 together with Ahmed Mohamed Moh ...

– current

Vice President of Somaliland The vice president of Somaliland ( so, Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Somaliland) is the deputy head of state of Somaliland and the second highest official next to the president. The vice president is the constitutional successor of the president of Som ...

* Mohamed Aden Sheikh (c. 1925–2010) – intellectual, former head of Somali Technological Development, former Minister of Education, and former Minister of Health * Dr. Saad Ali Shire – current Finance Minister of Somaliland *

Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji (Somali: ''Cabaas Cabdulaahi Sheekh Siraaji''; Arabic: (عباس عبد الله شيخ سراج) born 8 May 1984 – 3 May 2017) was a Somali politician who briefly served as the Minister of Public Works and Reconstr ...

(1985-2017) Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction *

Faysal Ali Warabe Faysal Ali Warabe ( ; so, Faysal Cali Waraabe, ar, فيصل علي ورابي; born 1948), also spelled Faisal Ali Warabe, is a Somaliland, Somalilander engineer and politician. He previously served as Director of Planning and Building as well a ...

– engineer and politician; founder and Chairman of (UCID political party * Abdi Warsame – Somali American member-elect of the Minneapolis City Council *

Saado Ali Warsame Saado Ali Warsame ( so, Saado Cali Warsame, ar, سادو علي ورسمه; 1950 – 23 July 2014) was a Somali-American singer-songwriter and politician. She served as a lawmaker in the Federal Parliament of Somalia representing Puntland State o ...

– singer-songwriter and politician; former MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia *

Adan Keynan Wehliye Aden Keynan Wehliye is a Member of the National Assembly of Kenya. He served Wajir West constituency from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2013. He then moved to Eldas constituency which was carved from Wajir West. Keynan served as the MP of Eldas in ...

– Kenyan politician and a long time member of parliament from Wajir *

Ahmed Yusuf Yasin Ahmed Yusuf Yasin ( so, Axmed Yuusuf Yaasiin) (born 1957) is a Somaliland politician and lawyer who was Vice President of Somaliland, from 2002 until 2010 and he was the second chairman of UDUB party. He hails from the Issa Musa (Adan Issa) s ...

(b. 1957) – former

* Mohamed Bihi Yonis (b. 1947) – Deputy Joint United Nations African Union Special Representative for Darfur and former Foreign Minister of Somaliland * Maryan Abdullahi Yusuf – banker; Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia * Ahmed Abdallah Wayel – former Minister of Education (2012) * Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi (b. 1968) – Somali politician, Sufi, author, educator and poet; the governor of

Gedo Gedo ( so, Gedo, Maay: ''Gethy'', ar, جيذو, it, Ghedo or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. It was created in 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in E ...

region, 2006–2009

Scientists

* Osman Aden Abdulle –

geneticist A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processe ...

; has studied the Somali blood type and its ethnogenesis; in 1987 he jointly discovered with his colleagues a new Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population * Abdusalam Abubakar (b. 1989/90) – one of the youngest winners of the BT Young Scientist of the Year Award; later went on to win the European Union Contest for Young Scientists for his project, ''An Extension of Wiener's Attack on RSA'' * Hassan al-Jabarti (d. 1774) –

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

and

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

, considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century * Amina Said Ali – author, poet, and medical scientist based in Stockholm, Sweden *

Ali Said Faqi Ali Said Faqi ( so, Cali Saiid Fakhi, ar, علي سعيد فقي) is a Somali people, Somali scientist specializing in toxicology and a diplomat. A leading researcher in his field, he has numerous scientific papers and also authored a book enti ...

– scientist and the leading researcher on the design and interpretation of

toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating expo ...

studies at the MPI research center in

Mattawan, Michigan Mattawan is a village in Antwerp Township, Van Buren County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,997 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land ...

* Jama Musse Jama (b. 1967) – ethnomathematician and author; known for his research on traditional Somali board games such as Shax and the history of mathematics in the

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and the founder of Hargeisa Cultural Center *

Ahmed Mumin Warfa Ahmed Mumin Warfa ( so, Axmed Mumiin Warfa, ar, أحمد مومين وارفا) was a Somali scientist specializing in botany, who with his colleague Mats Thulin discovered '' Cyclamen somalense''. He served as president (rector) of the Zamz ...

– scientist, specialised in

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and jointly discovered the

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somalense, the first

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from

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with his colleague Mats Thulin; the "world's pre-eminent authority on

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"; professor at

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Muslim Theologians

Ishaaq bin Ahmed Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin al-Hussein al-Hashimi, more commonly known as Sheikh Ishaaq or Sheikh Isaaq (, ) was the semi-legendary Arab forefather of the Somali Isaaq clan-family in the Horn of Africa, whose traditional territory i ...

– 12th century cleric and forefather of the large Isaaq clan-family *

Abd al Aziz al-Amawi ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Amawī ( ar, عبد العزيز الأموي; 1838–1896) was a Somali scholar following the Shāfi‘ī school of jurisprudence and the Ash'arite school of theology, and was a Sufi shaykh of the Qādiryya Sufi order, of w ...

(1832–1896) – 19th-century

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, poet, jurist and scholar living in the

Sultanate of Zanzibar The Sultanate of Zanzibar ( sw, Usultani wa Zanzibar, ar, سلطنة زنجبار , translit=Sulṭanat Zanjībār), also known as the Zanzibar Sultanate, was a state controlled by the Sultan of Zanzibar, in place between 1856 and 1964. The Sul ...

Uways al-Barawi Sheikh Uways Al-Barawi ( ar, أُوَيس البَراوي; 1847–1909) was a Somali scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th century East Africa. Biography Early life Sheikh Uways was born in Barawa during the Geledi Sultanate period on the ...

(1847–1909) – scholar credited with reviving

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in 19th-century East Africa and with followers in

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and

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Sheikh Madar Madar Ahmed Shirwac, better known as Sheikh Madar ( so, Sheekh Madar) was a 19th-century Somali political/religious leader, a social reformer, merchant and a jurist that was instrumental in the modern foundation of Hargeisa. He hailed from the Yu ...

(1825-1918) – Qadiriyya leader who was influential in the expansion of

* Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825) – scholar living in

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; recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt *

Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, ( ar, عبدالرحمن بن اسماعيل الجبرتي) also known as Daarood, Dawud or Da'ud (), is the semi-legendary common ancestor of the Somali Darod clan. According to local tradition, Abdirahman d ...

(fl. 10th-11th centuries) – early Muslim leader and forefather of the

Darod The Darod ( so, Daarood, ar, دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as ''Darood''. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripherie ...

clan * Ali al-Jabarti (d. 1492) – 15th-century scholar and politician in the Mamluk Empire *

Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn ( ar, يوسف بن أحمد الكونين) (b. 10th century), popularly known as Aw Barkhadle ("Blessed Father")Abdullahi, p.13 or Yusuf Al Kownayn, was a Muslim scholar and traveler. Based on reference to Yusuf Al Ka ...

– 13th-century scholar and saint; associated with the development of

Wadaad's writing ''Wadaad'' writing, also known as ''Wadaad'' Arabic ( so, Far Wadaad), is the traditional Somali adaptation of written Arabic, as well as the Arabic script as historically used to transcribe the Somali language.Lewis, p.139-140 Originally, it r ...

Abdallah al-Qutbi Abdallah ibn Mu'allim Yusuf al-Qutbi ( ar, عبد الله يوسف قطبي ) (c. 1879 – 1952) was a Somali polemicist, theologian and philosopher who lived in Qulunqul (Kolonkol), Somalia. Biography Sheikh Al-Qutbi is best known for his ' ...

(1879–1952) –

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ist theologian and philosopher; best known for his Al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka ("The Blessed Collection"), a five-part compilation of polemics * Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i (1820–1882) – scholar; played a crucial role in the spread of the

Qadiriyya The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

movement in Somalia and East Africa * Abadir Umar Ar-Rida – 13th-century cleric and saint of

; forefather of the

Sheekhaal The Sheekhaal (var. Sheikhaal ( ar, شيخال), also known as Fiqi Omar, is a Somali clan. They inhabit Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and with considerable numbers also found in the North Eastern Province (Kenya), Northern Frontier District (NFD ...

Somali clan *

Sa'id of Mogadishu Sa'id of Mogadishu ( so, Saciid min Muqdisho, ar, سعيد من مقديشو , rtl=yes ) was a 14th-century Somali people, Somali scholar and traveler. Biography Sa'id was born in Mogadishu in the year 1301. “I met in this Masjid a jurist, p ...

– 14th-century scholar and traveler; his reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the

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s of

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and Medina; travelled across the

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and visited

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and China *

Shaykh Sufi Abd Al-Rahman bin Abdullah al Shashi ( ar, عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله الشاشي) (b. 1829 - 1904), popularly known as Sheikh Sufi, was a 19th-century Somali scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist. Life Sheikh Sufi was born in M ...

– born Abdul-Rahman bin Abdallah al Shashi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله شاشي) (1829–1904), 19th-century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist * Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342) – 14th-century theologian and

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who wrote the single most authoritative text on the

Hanafi The Hanafi school ( ar, حَنَفِية, translit=Ḥanafiyah; also called Hanafite in English), Hanafism, or the Hanafi fiqh, is the oldest and one of the four traditional major Sunni schools ( maddhab) of Islamic Law (Fiqh). It is named aft ...

school of Islam, four volumes known as the ''Tabayin al-Haqa'iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa'iq'' *

Hussain Bisad Hussain Mahamed Ahmed, more commonly known as Hussain Bisad (born 1975) () is one of the tallest people in the world, at . He held the record for the largest hands of anyone alive until Sultan Kosen took the record. His hands are 10.59 inches or ...

– tallest Somali man alive; has the largest hand span in the world * Haji Ali Majeerteen – popularly known as al-Majeerteen; was a Somali Sheikh and poet

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Somalis Lists of people by ethnicity * * Djibouti-related lists