Abdi Hashi Abdullahi

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Abdi Hashi Abdullahi is a politician from Somalia who has been elected twice to serve as Speaker of the Senate of Somalia. [1] [2] He took the office in January 2017. [3]

Personal life

He was born on 1 December 1946, [4] in Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] Abdelahi hails from the Sa'ad Musa sub-division of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan. Previously, he was a former Minister of Heritage and Culture and Minister of Health in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

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References

  1. "Somali Senate re-elects Abdi Hashi Abdullahi as speaker". Anadolu Agency.
  2. "Senate speaker, Abdi Hashi re-elected in Somalia". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. "Somalia". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 5 July 2018.
  4. "Know About the Speaker of The Senate of Somalia". Senate of Somalia. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  5. "Abdi Hashi Abdullahi: Who is the two-time Senate Speaker?". KEYDMEDIA ONLINE.