Abdikarim Hussein Guled ( so, Cabdikariim Xuseen Guuleed, ar, عبد الكريم حسين جوليد) is a Somali politician. He previously served as Minister of Interior and Minister of National Security of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. On 4 July 2015 he was elected as the 4th president of

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

State of

Biography

Early years

Guled was born in 1966 in the town of

Beledweyne Beledweyne ( so, Beledweyne, ar, بلد وين, it, Belet Uen) is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region. The city is situated in the Shebelle Valley riverine near the Ethiopian border, 210 miles ...

, situated in the central Hiran region of

to parents who hailed from

state of

. He is a schoolteacher by profession.

Education

Guled is a graduate from the Department of Management at the University of Science and Technology in Yemen

Career

From 4 November 2012 to 17 January 2014, he served as the Minister of Interior and Security of Somalia under Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Guled's term ended when new Prime Minister

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 ...

named him the Minister of the newly formed Ministry of National Security. On 24 May 2014, Guled resigned as National Security Minister following an attack by the Al-Shabaab militant group on the parliamentary building in Mogadishu. Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed approved Guled's resignation letter and was expected to appoint a new minister to the position. On 4 July 2015. On 9 July 2014, Khalif Ahmed Ereg was appointed Minister of National Security of Somalia by Prime Minister

. Guled defeated Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi and was elected the president of the

region.

Peace Treaty

On 2 December 2015, Guled cosigned the

Gaalkacyo Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af-Somali translates to ...

Agreement with the President of

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Abdiweli Mohamed Ali GaasBriefi ...

. Although in this agreement, both presidents agreed to a

ceasefire A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state act ...

and the withdrawal of military troops, the conflict in Galkacyo continued onwards, as of October 2016.

References

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