Biography
Dualeh was born in Somalia. Her father was Ahmed Haji Dualeh Abdullah,a Somali independence activist,and her paternal aunt is sociologist and politician Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla. [1] She has three siblings,Harbi,Nura and Ayanle. [2]
Dualeh studied for a Bachelor of Science in Business Studies and Office Administration at Buffalo State University,then a Master of Arts in International Education at New York University. [3] Before entering diplomatic service,she was Director of Professional Development at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. [4]
Dualeh held the positions of Director General of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Planning and International Coordination from 2013 to 2017. [3] In 2017,Dualeh attended celebrations following three years of Somalia being polio free. [5]
Dualeh was the Somali Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Federal Government of Somalia from 2017, [3] succeeding Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed. In this post,she worked on strengthening trade with Uganda [6] and encouraged foreign investment into Somalia, [7] overseeing the development of the Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR). [8] In November 2017,she attended the international Save Somalia Conference in London,England. [9]
Dualeh was dismissed from her position by Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ali Khayre in January 2018. [10] [11] [12] [13] She was succeeded by Mohamed Abdi Hayir. [14] [15]
In 2024,Dualeh was appointed as the Ambassador of Somalia to Austria and Switzerland and as the Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, [16] presenting her credentials to Director General Tatiana Valovaya. [3] [17] [18] As Ambassador,Dualeh participated in the 2024 United Nations Human Rights Council Retreat in Rabat,Morocco. [19] She presented her credentials to President of Switzerland,Karin Keller-Sutter in January 2025. [20]
In April 2025,Dualeh was also appointed as the Ambassador of Somalia to the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). [4] [21] She presented her credentials to Director General,Ghada Waly. [4] [21]
In October 2024,alongside the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom,Simon Manley,Dualeh introduced a United Nations resolution to extend human rights reforms and renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on Somalia. [22] She has also organized the President of Somalia’s engagement at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos,Switzerland, [4] was part of the Somali delegations to the Global Meeting On Chemical and Waste Management in Geneva [23] [24] and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s Global ICT Summit, [25] and has supported a meeting held to resume a bilateral labour agreement between Somalia and Turkey. [26]
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