# Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid (Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid)

> Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid (born 1948): President of Galmudug 2012 to 2015, and a senior police commander in Mogadishu in the 2000s.

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## Who is he?

Abdi Hasan Awale, better known as Qeybdiid, was the third President of [Galmudug](/en/states/galmudug/). World Statesmen dates his term from 14 August 2012 to 23 July 2015 ([World Statesmen, Somalia](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)). Wikipedia records that the Galmudug assembly elected him on 1 August 2012 ([Wikipedia, Abdi Hasan Awale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdi_Hasan_Awale)). Before that he spent nearly two decades in senior security posts in Mogadishu.

## Early life

He was born in [Gaalkacyo](/en/regions/mudug/) in 1948 (Wikipedia). World Statesmen gives the same year ([World Statesmen](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)).

## The Somali National Alliance, 1993

In the early 1990s he was a senior member of the Somali National Alliance, the political group led by [Mohamed Farah](/en/people/mo-farah/) Aidid. Wikipedia records that he served as interior minister in Aidid's administration during the [UNOSOM II](/en/history/un-intervention-1992-1995/) period in 1993 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdi_Hasan_Awale)). On 12 July 1993 a meeting at his house in Mogadishu was the target of a raid by UN forces, an event known as Bloody Monday (same source).

## Police commander, 1999 to 2007

In February 1999 BBC News reported on his role leading a new police force in Mogadishu ([BBC News, "New beat for Somalia", 18 February 1999](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/282249.stm)). By 2001 he was police chief for Mogadishu under the [Transitional National Government](/en/history/transitional-governments-2000-2012/) (Wikipedia).

In 2006 he was a member of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, which fought the Islamic Courts Union for control of Mogadishu. In June 2006 he left the alliance. Al Jazeera quoted him saying he wanted "to give peace a chance" ([Al Jazeera, 13 June 2006](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/6/13/us-backed-somali-commander-defects)). In December 2006 he led forces for the Transitional Federal Government at the Battle of Bandiradley, and he later served as the government's Commissioner of Police (Wikipedia).

## President of Galmudug, 2012 to 2015

He led Galmudug from August 2012 until July 2015, when [Abdikarim Hussein Guled](/en/people/abdikarim-hussein-guled/) succeeded him ([World Statesmen](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)). During his term, in July 2014, the federal government endorsed a new state for the central regions to be formed from Galmudug, Ximan iyo Xeeb and Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a. Galmudug adopted a new constitution on 17 June 2015, a month before his term ended (same source).

## Offices held

- Interior minister in Mohamed Farah Aidid's administration, 1993
- Police chief of Mogadishu under the Transitional National Government, by 2001
- Commissioner of Police under the Transitional Federal Government, from 2007
- President of Galmudug, 14 August 2012 to 23 July 2015. See [Presidents of Galmudug](/en/institutions/presidents-of-galmudug/).

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