Abdullahi Ahmed Addow ( so, Cabdilaahi Axmed Caddoow, ar, عبد الله أحمد أدو) is a Somali politician and diplomat.

Early life

Addow was born on 15 May 1936 in

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, situated in the southeastern

Lower Shabelle Lower Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Hoose, Maay: ''Shibelithy Hoosy'', ar, شبيلي السفلى, it, Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. Geography Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadir ...

region 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 ...

. He hails from the

Habar Gidir The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habar Gidir, Arabic: هبر جدير) is a major subclan of the Hawiye. The clan has produced many prominent Somali figures, including the first Prime Minister of Somalia Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Somalia's fifth Presid ...

sub-clan of the

Hawiye The Hawiye ( so, Hawiye, ar, بنو هوية, it, Hauija) is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia (Somali, Harar, Oromia and Afar regions) and the Nort ...

Career

Ambassador and Finance Minister

Between 1970 and 1980 and again from 1986 to 1988, he served as Somalia's Ambassador to the United States. From 1980 to 1984, he was also Minister of Finance of Somalia.Report and recommendation of the President of the International Development Association to the Executive Directors on a proposed credit to the Somali Democratic Republic for a petroleum exploration promotion project
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Presidential candidate

Addow has thrice run for President of Somalia. In 2000, during the Somali peace process held in

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, he was defeated in the third ballot by the eventual winner, former Interior Minister Abdiqasim Salad Hassan. Addow received 92 votes against Hassan's 145.Rulers – August 2000 – Somalia
/ref> In 2004, Addow again for office in that year's presidential elections, losing 189–79 in the third round to former

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 ...

President, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.Rulers – Index Ah-Al – Ahmed, Abdullahi Yusuf
/ref> In mid-2012, Addow ran once more for president in Somalia's

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References

1936 births Living people Ethnic Somali people Finance ministers of Somalia Government ministers of Somalia Governors of Central Bank of Somalia Ambassadors of Somalia to the United States Somalian diplomats {{Somalia-politician-stub