Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Hashi ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi, is a Somali politician, former minister of fisheries and marine resources in the Federal Government of Somalia. Hashi is the son of co-founder and the former 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 ...

Career

Hashi is an economist by profession, and a financial expert with nearly thirty years of experience working in Wall Street and the World Bank. Dr. Abdirahman was a candidate for the president of Somalia in 2012. He has two master's degrees from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

and attended George Mason University and received his PhD in economics. He authored a book on Islamic finances, tilted ''Islamic Banking: Steady in Shaky Times?''

Personal life

Hashi hails from the Qayaad tribe of

Dhulbahante The Dhulbahante ( so, Dhulbahante, ar, دلبةنتئ) is a Somali clan family, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to the largest Somali clan-family — the Darod. They are the traditional inhabitants of the physiographic Nugaal in its ...

, a sub-clan 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 peripheries ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hashi, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Living people Government ministers of Somalia 1955 births