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Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid (Cabdi Xasan Cawaale Qeybdiid)
Abdi Hasan Awale, known as Qeybdiid (born 1948), was President of Galmudug from 2012 to 2015. Earlier he was interior minister in Mohamed Farah Aidid's administration in 1993, police chief in Mogadishu under the Transitional National Government, and police commissioner under the Transitional Federal Government.
Abdi Hasan Awale QeybdiidAbdi Qeybdiid · Cabdi Qeybdiid
- Lived
- 1948 to today
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
Who is he?
Abdi Hasan Awale, better known as Qeybdiid, was the third President of Galmudug. World Statesmen dates his term from 14 August 2012 to 23 July 2015 (World Statesmen, Somalia). Wikipedia records that the Galmudug assembly elected him on 1 August 2012 (Wikipedia, Abdi Hasan Awale). Before that he spent nearly two decades in senior security posts in Mogadishu.
Early life
He was born in Gaalkacyo in 1948 (Wikipedia). World Statesmen gives the same year (World Statesmen).
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 Aidid. Wikipedia records that he served as interior minister in Aidid's administration during the UNOSOM II period in 1993 (Wikipedia). 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). By 2001 he was police chief for Mogadishu under the Transitional National Government (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). 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 succeeded him (World Statesmen). 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.
Sources
- World Statesmen, Somalia · worldstatesmen.org
- Wikipedia, Abdi Hasan Awale · en.wikipedia.org
- BBC News, "New beat for Somalia", 18 February 1999 · news.bbc.co.uk
- Al Jazeera, 13 June 2006 · aljazeera.com
Abdi Hasan Awale QeybdiidAbdi Qeybdiid · Cabdi Qeybdiid
- Lived
- 1948 to today
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
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