Leaders and statesmen
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge Liibaan (Cabdikariin Axmed Mooge Liibaan)
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge Liibaan was Mayor of Hargeisa from 17 June 2021 to 30 May 2026. He won the most votes of any candidate in Hargeisa in the 2021 local elections for the Waddani party. He is the son of the artist Ahmed Mooge Liibaan.
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge LiibaanCabdikariin Axmed Mooge · Abdikarim Mooge
- Lived
- 1974 to today
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 9 sources
Who is he?
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge Liibaan is a Somaliland politician (Wikipedia, Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge). He was Mayor of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, from 17 June 2021 (Somaliland Current, 17 June 2021). Wikipedia gives 30 May 2026 as the end of his term (Wikipedia, Mayor of Hargeisa).
Early life
He was born in 1974 in Sin-ujiif, a village near Garowe (Sayruuq News, 17 June 2021). He is the son of the singer Ahmed Mooge Liibaan and nephew of the singer Mohamed Mooge Liibaan (Garowe Online). He grew up and went to school in Hargeisa (Sayruuq, same source). When fighting reached Hargeisa in the late 1980s he fled to Kaam-Abokor refugee camp in Ethiopia (same source).
Youth work and the UN
After returning he and other young people founded HAVAYOCO, an agency for vulnerable people and youth (Sayruuq). He later worked for UN agencies and international organisations, some of the time abroad (same source).
Deputy minister
Under President Silanyo he was Deputy Minister of National Planning and then Deputy Minister of Fisheries (Sayruuq). In August 2015 he resigned; BBC Somali reported he said he was resigning to "fight clannism" (BBC Somali, 11 August 2015).
Mayor of Hargeisa
He stood for the Waddani party in the 2021 local elections (BBC Somali). He won the most votes of any candidate in Hargeisa (same source; BBC Somali, five facts). Garowe Online described him as a candidate from a minority community and called the result historic (Garowe Online). The council elected him mayor on 17 June 2021 (VOA Somali, 17 June 2021). He followed Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid (Wikipedia).
In short
Refugee, youth organiser and deputy minister who became Mayor of Hargeisa in 2021. See Mayors of Hargeisa.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge · en.wikipedia.org
- Somaliland Current, 17 June 2021 · somalilandcurrent.com
- Wikipedia, Mayor of Hargeisa · en.wikipedia.org
- Sayruuq News, 17 June 2021 · sayruuq.com
- Garowe Online · garoweonline.com
- BBC Somali, 11 August 2015 · bbc.com
- BBC Somali · bbc.com
- BBC Somali, five facts · bbc.com
- VOA Somali, 17 June 2021 · voasomali.com
Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge LiibaanCabdikariin Axmed Mooge · Abdikarim Mooge
- Lived
- 1974 to today
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 9 sources
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