Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi | |
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7th Vice President of Somaliland | |
Assumed office 12 December 2024 | |
President | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi |
Preceded by | Abdirahman Saylici |
Personal details | |
Political party | Waddani |
Occupation | Politician |
Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi [a] (Somali:Maxamed Cali Aw Cabdi) is a Somaliland politician who is the Vice President of Somaliland. A member of the political party Waddani,he contested the 2024 presidential election with presidential nominee Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi and won in a political upset. [2]
Mohamed ran for vice president as the running mate of presidential challenger Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in the 2017 election. [3] In November 2016,he led a large delegation of Waddani politicians to Borama for a campaign event. [4] Later that same month,he held a campaign event in Birmingham,United Kingdom. [5] In April 2017,he also led a Waddani delegation to Switzerland to meet the Somalilander diaspora and Waddani supporters there. [6] Ultimately,incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi won re-election. [7]
In March 2021,ahead of the scheduled presidential election in 2022,Mohamed and Abdirahman were elected near-unanimously to be the Waddani vice-presidential and presidential nominee,respectively. [8] The general election was later delayed until 2024. [7] In June 2022,Mohamed visited the house of Hersi Ali Haji Hassan with other national-level Waddani politicians after Hersi's house was targeted by an allegedly pro-government vehicular attack. Delivering remarks at the scene,Hersi alleged that the incumbent government had orchestrated a separate,failed vehicular attack against other national-level Waddani politicians,including Mohamed. [9] A month before the November 2024 election,Mohamed promised that a new presidential administration would build an airport at Borama and a highway between Borama and Baki District. [10] Mohamed and Abdirahman won [11] in a political upset. [2]
The new administration was sworn in on 12 December 2024. [12]
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