Ahmed Abdi Karie | |
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| 6th President of Galmudug | |
| Assumed office 2 February 2020 | |
| Vice President | Ali Dahir Eid |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Duale Gelle |
| Minister of State | |
| In office March 22,2017 –January 14,2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1968 Hobyo,Somali Republic |
Ahmed Abdi Karie,nicknamed "Qoor Qoor" (Somali :Axmed Cabdi Kaariye),is a Somali politician who serves as the current President of Galmudug state. He assumed office on 2 February 2020. [1] [2]
Karie hails from the Saleeban sub-clan of Habar Gidir,and was born in the coastal city of Hobyo in 1968.
Prior to becoming Galmudug's president,Karie was the minister of state for the ministry of public works,reconstruction and public-housing of the federal government of Somalia. His assumption of the office of president is the first time Karie has held any office within Galmudug's government. Due to Karie being a novice to Galmudug politics,some critics have stated that someone with prior experience within the Galmudug cabinet should have been chosen as president. [3]
According to Karie,his main tasks as president are to disarm and integrate local clan militias into the state security forces and the construction of the Hobyo port. [4] One form of amendment that has been cited as being required is an overhaul in the manner of the transition of power,as outgoing president Gelle's term expiry appeared to some correspondents to have an arbitrary schedule. [5]
On 2 June 2020,President Karie announced a new plan to disarm clan militias in Galmudug,following a speech he delivered in Galkacyo. On the other hand,he announced all illegal firearms that were in "different hands" would be recovered. [6]
In September 2023 he had a public falling out with his deputy,Ali Dahir Eid. [7]
Karie markedly differentiated himself from other holders of Somali federal presidencies by stating that he has a close relationship with Somalia's central government. [8] Third party news outlets also confirmed that Karie was close to Somalia's ruling party and central government. [9]
Somalia,officially the Federal Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic,is a country located in the Horn of Africa. The country was an important centre for commerce with the rest of the ancient world,and according to most scholars,it is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt. During the Middle Ages,several powerful Somali states and port towns dominated the regional trade,the Mogadishu Sultanate and Ajuran Sultanate both centered around the port town Mogadishu,but also the port towns of Barawe and Merca.
Mudug is an administrative region (gobol) in north-central Somalia. The population of Mudug is 131,455 as of 2005.
Galkayo is the third-largest city in Somalia which serves as the capital of the north-central Mudug region. The city is divided into two administrative areas separated by a loose boundary.
During the civilian administration that existed prior to the seizure of power by the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) in 1969,there were a number of local political parties. Most notable of these early institutions was the Somali Youth League,the nation's first political organization. Upon assuming office,the Siad Barre-led SRC outlawed all extant political parties and advocated a form of scientific socialism inspired by Maoist China and the Soviet Union.
The Hawiye is the largest Somali clan family. Members of this clan traditionally inhabit central and southern Somalia,Somaliland,Djibouti,Ethiopia and Kenya. They are also the majority in the capital city,Mogadishu.
Muse Sudi Yalahow born Mogadishu was a Trade Minister in the Transitional Government of Ali Mohammed Ghedi. He was dismissed in June 2006 after ignoring government requests to halt fighting with the Islamic Courts Union militia.
The 2006 Islamic Courts Union offensive is the period in the Somali Civil War that began in May 2006 with the Islamic Courts Union's (ICU) conquest of Mogadishu from the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) and continued with further ICU expansion in the country. Following the outbreak of the war on December 21,2006;by December 24,direct Ethiopian intervention in the conflict in support of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was no longer denied by the Ethiopian government. The Eritrean government denied any involvement despite Ethiopian claims to the contrary.
The following is an index of Somalia-related articles.
Galmudug,officially Galmudug State of Somalia,is a Federal Member State in central Somalia,with its capital at Dhusamareb. It is bordered to the north by the Puntland state of Somalia,to the west by the Somali Region in Ethiopia,to the east by Indian Ocean and to the south by the Hirshabelle state of Somalia.
After two decades of violence and civil war and after the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia captured Mogadishu and Kismayo,the TFG attempted to disarm the militias of the country in late 2006. According to the UN/World Bank's Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) coordination secretariat,"the total estimated number of militias [militia members] to be demobilized is 53,000." In 2005,they estimated that "there are 11–15,000 militia people controlling Mogadishu ."
Abudwak is a town located in central Somalia. It is the administrative seat of Abudwak district located in north Galgaduud province.Known for it’s remote location near the Ethiopian border,the town is most well know for it’s long history of Pastoralism
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) is a Somalia-based paramilitary group consisting of moderate Sufis opposed to radical Salafism. The group opposes hardline capital punishment,stonings,and limb amputations advocated by extremist interpretations of Islam,as well as laws banning music and khat. The group seeks to protect religious shrines from demolition.
The Federal Parliament of Somalia is the national parliament of Somalia. Formed in August 2012,it is based in the capital Mogadishu and is bicameral,consisting of an Upper House (Senate) and a Lower House.
Mohamed Abdi Hassan,commonly known as Afweyne,is a Somali entrepreneur,diplomat and pirate leader. He founded the Hobyo-Harardhere Piracy Network in 2005 and rapidly grew to become one of Somalia's preeminent pirates. In 2012 he began to leave the piracy "industry" and diversified his holdings into a multinational business empire. Hassan was arrested that year in Malaysia but was released as he had managed to obtain diplomatic immunity from Mogadishu. Finally,in 2013 Hassan was lured to Belgium and sentenced in 2016 to twenty years' imprisonment for his many crimes.
The Daljir Party was a liberal political party in Somalia. It developed from the tradition of socially conservative Islamism,but officially abandoned this ideology in favour of "conservative democracy".
Ahmed Duale Gelle was the 5th president of Galmudug State of Somalia,in office from 3 May 2017 to 2 February 2020. Before he became Galmudug’s president he was a businessman and former federal parliament member.
On 14 August 2006,Galmudug declared autonomy in central Somalia.
Mohamed Abdi Ware is a Somali politician. He was the president of Hirshabelle,assumed office on 16 September 2017.
Mohamed Abdullahi Moalim Adan,commonly known as Mohamed AdanTiiceey,is a Somali politician,founder and former president of the unrecognized autonomous state,Himan and Heeb.
Garad Yusuf Mohamud,also known as Garad Qowqabo,is a Somali politician who has served as the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Galmudug since December 2022 under Galmudug President Ahmed Abdi Karie. He previously served as member of Galmudug Parliament from 2015 until 2020.
