Mr. Abdirizak Khalif Ahmed, the vice-chairman of the Waddane Party, has been elected the new speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives on Tuesday morning following a closely contested race with Kulmiye Party’s Yasin Faratoon.
In the end, Ahmed’s 42 votes were enough to push him past Faratoon -considered by many to be the favorite – who was able to garner 39 votes.
Faratoon was Somaliland’s former Foreign Minister.
Saed Mire Giire and Ali Hamud Jibril were elected as Ahmed’s first and second deputies.
Ahmed, a native of Las Anod, first entered politics in 2010 under President Silanyo’s administration, where he served as the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism.
In 2015 he joined several cabinet ministers in breaking away from Silanyo’s government and joining the relatively new Waddani Party that was formed in 2016.
He would later go on to serve as the party’s Finance Secretary and later Vice-Chairman.
The President of the Somaliland Republic H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi, received the new Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Yasin Haji Mohamoud at the presidential palace upon his election. The President welcomed the new parliamentary chief, who was accompanied by the Speaker of the Senate Hon. Suleiman Mohamoud Adan,…
The two Official Somaliland national opposition parties of Waddani and UCID, today, divided the upcoming parliament house-speaker post and his two deputies between them. Waddani took the chair, naming Abdirizak Khalif Ahmed, and UCID the first and second deputies, naming Omar Jama Farah and Ali Hamud Jibril for the posts,…
By M.A. Egge The Minister of Culture, Information and Awareness of the Republic of Somaliland Hon. Suleiman Yusuf Ali Koore, speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Information and the government of Somaliland, has congratulated the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of Somaliland, Hon Yasin Mohamoud Hiir a.k.a.…
