Abdiweli ahmed mohamed autobiography

It is an autobiography of the current President of Puntland State of Somalia.
Story of personal courage and conviction by Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (Gas).
"Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali's book captures a crucial moment in Somali history.

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Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

Somali economist and politician

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: عبدالولي الشيخ أحمد; born 1959), also known as Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad,^[1] is a Somali economist and politician. He has held leadership positions with various international organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, African Union/IBAR, the European Union, the Bank of Canada, COMESA, and the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah.

From December 2013 to December 2014, Ahmed served as the Prime Minister of Somalia. During his tenure, he enacted several domestic reforms as part of the local post-conflict development process. Among these initiatives were the development of a Work Plan within the framework of Vision 2016 and in line with the New Deal Compact and the Peace and Stabilisation Goals. He also established a new security task force and committees, approved a new Anti-terrorism law, initiated stabilization efforts in liberated areas, launched national reconciliation talks, established new educational and training institutions in the

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GAROWE ONLINE EDITORIAL| Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was the fifth President of Puntland State after a stint as a Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2011-2012). His memoirs, published in 2017 while still in power in Puntland, is an attempt to mislead the public about his political life. Ali joined Somali politics in 2010 after President Mohmed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmaajo), then a TFG Prime Minister, had appointed him a Minister of National Planning.

It was a quick transition from academia into politics in a country grappling with state failure and attacks from an extremist organisation. In less than a year he replaced the Prime Minister, who had been forced to resign for political reasons.

Ali's autobiography is the first book written by a serving politician. Normally a former politician reflects on his/her political life after leaving politics. What is striking about the book is that Ali ( aka Gaas) is promoting his book in North America. He claims to have single-handedly prepared Somalia for th

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A Challenging Transition in Somalia: A Story of Personal Courage and Conviction

In the midst of a long transitional period, political divisions, an active insurgency, and the worst drought in over a half-century, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed appointed Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali to head the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in June 2011. Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was tasked with forming a new and effective cabinet, turning back the tide against the insurgency of the Alshabab terror group, responding effectively to the worst drought and famine in 60 plus years and to driving progress on the impossible task of ending Somalia s long transitional period and creating permanent democratic institutions in just eleven short months. A challenging Transition - is a first- hand account of the events, decisions, personal courage and commitment that shaped the process that led to the end of the Transitional of Federal Government of Somalia and the establishment of permanent democratic institutions. It provides a revealing picture of the inner workings of the Somali