# Abshir Omar Huruse (Abshir Cumar Xuruuse)

> Abshir Omar Huruse: Somalia's Foreign Minister 2022 to 2023 and a 2024 candidate for President of Puntland.

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## Who is he?

Abshir Omar Jama, better known as Huruse, served as Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2 August 2022 to 18 December 2023 ([Wikipedia, Abshir Omar Huruse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abshir_Omar_Huruse)). He came to the post from business and from [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/) politics.

## Early life and education

He was born in Garoowe, in [Nugaal](/en/regions/nugaal/), and finished secondary school and a first degree in Somalia (Wikipedia). He then took a master's degree at the University of York in the United Kingdom, studying reconstruction and development in countries affected by conflict (same source).

## Business and Puntland politics

Wikipedia records that he worked in business for most of his career before entering politics in the 2010s. On 19 July 2020 he was elected Secretary General of Mideeye, a political organisation in Puntland ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abshir_Omar_Huruse); [Puntland Post, 19 July 2020](https://puntlandpost.net/2020/07/19/mideeye-flexes-its-political-muscles-in-garowe/)).

## Foreign Minister, 2022 to 2023

Prime Minister [Hamza Abdi Barre](/en/people/hamza-abdi-barre/) named him Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 2 August 2022, when the new cabinet was announced ([Voice of America, 2 August 2022](https://www.voanews.com/a/former-al-shabab-commander-al-qaida-member-named-to-somali-cabinet/6683860.html)). He was sworn in on 13 August 2022, together with his deputy Isaak Mohamud Mursal ([Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 13 August 2022](https://www.mfa.gov.so/h-e-abshir-omar-huruse-assumes-office-as-the-new-foreign-minister-of-somalia/)).

In September 2022 he represented Somalia at the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York (Wikipedia). In 2023 he was part of the delegation that restored diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been broken off in 1977 ([Voice of America, 4 April 2023](https://www.voanews.com/a/somalia-cuba-resume-diplomatic-relations-after-46-years/7035852.html)). In January 2023 he opened the East African Community's verification mission, which assessed whether Somalia was ready to join the bloc ([The Independent, Uganda, 26 January 2023](https://www.independent.co.ug/eac-launches-verification-mission-to-assess-somalias-readiness-to-join-bloc/)).

## Puntland election, 2024

He resigned as Foreign Minister on 18 December 2023 to stand for President of Puntland. In the 2024 vote the incumbent, [Said Abdullahi Deni](/en/people/said-abdullahi-deni/), was re-elected (Wikipedia). Ali [Mohamed Omar](/en/people/mohamed-omar-1999/) then served as acting Foreign Minister ([Rulers.org, Foreign ministers S to Z](https://rulers.org/fm4.html)).

## Offices held

- Secretary General of Mideeye, from July 2020
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 2 August 2022 to 18 December 2023. See [Foreign Ministers of Somalia](/en/institutions/foreign-ministers-of-somalia/).

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