Farah Weheliye Addo ( so, Faarax Wehliye Caddoow, ar, فرح ادو), also known as Sindiko (born 1935
or 1940,
died November 19, 2008
), was a prominent
Somali sports administrator
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Job roles Computing and internet
* Database administrator, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
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.
Biography
Addo hailed from the
Harti Abgaal
Abgaal (Somali: Abgaal, Arabic: أبغال) is a subclan of the Hawiye and the even larger Samaale clan. It is one of the major Somali clans and has produced many prominent historical Somali figures including 3 presidents, and the father of t ...
clan.
He spent many years in a leadership role in international sports. A former referee, he would later become chairman of the
Somali Football Association, the
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations, and of the
Somali Olympic Committee
The Somali Olympic Committee ( so, Guddiga Olimbikada Soomaaliyeed) is the National Olympic Committee representing Somalia.
Logo
Image:SomaliOlympicCommittee.jpg, Former logo
See also
* Somalia at the Olympics
References
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. Farah was also a former first vice-president of the
African Football Confederation (CAF) and an Honorary Member of the organisation.
Addo died on Wednesday November 19, 2008 in
Egypt, at the age of 73.
References
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2008 deaths
Year of birth uncertain