# Ali Abdullahi Osoble (Cali Cabdullaahi Cosoble)

> Ali Abdullahi Osoble (born 1961): first President of Hirshabelle State, 2016 to 2017.

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## Who is he?

Ali Abdullahi Osoble is a Somali politician ([Wikipedia, Ali Abdullahi Osoble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullahi_Osoble)). He was the first President of [Hirshabelle](/en/states/hirshabelle/), the federal member state made up of the [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/) and Middle [Shabelle](/en/economy/farming-and-harvests/) regions (same source). He oversaw the setting up of the state's institutions (same source). This page covers his public role and takes no side in party politics.

## Early life and work

He was born in Mogadishu on 15 June 1961 and went to school there ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullahi_Osoble)). His father, Abdullahi Osoble Siad, was Minister of Telecommunications in the 1970s and 1980s (same source). His maternal grandfather, Ahmed Gelle, was Minister of Justice before 1969 (same source). He took a degree in agricultural economics at Sam Houston State University in the United States (same source). He worked at the Bank of Somalia before 1991 (same source). He then worked for Oxfam-Quebec in Beledweyne and later in Nairobi (same source).

## Federal posts

He entered politics in 2004 and sat in the [Transitional Federal Parliament](/en/history/transitional-federal-parliament-2004-2012/) until 2012 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullahi_Osoble)). On 7 January 2005 he became Minister of Education in the government of Prime Minister [Ali Mohammed Ghedi](/en/people/ali-mohammed-ghedi/) (same source). He later became Minister of Planning and Economic Development (same source).

## President of Hirshabelle

On 17 October 2016 the new state's parliament in Jowhar elected him president ([Hiiraan Online, October 2016](https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2016/Oct/118229/hir_shabelle_elected_new_president.aspx)). His two rivals lost the contest (same source). Ali Abdullahi Hussein was chosen as vice-president ([Somalia Newsroom, 21 October 2016](https://somalianewsroom.com/2016/10/21/election-update-somalia-begins-selection-of-its-next-government/)).

On 14 August 2017 the state parliament voted no confidence in him ([Garowe Online, September 2017](https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-mohamed-abdi-waare-elected-as-hirshabelles-new-president)). Members gave incompetence and lack of cooperation with other state bodies as their reasons (same source). Wikipedia records 66 votes for the motion, 2 against and 6 abstentions, taken while he was absent ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullahi_Osoble)). Wikipedia calls the removal unconstitutional (same source). The federal government endorsed the result, and Ali Gudlawe became interim president (same source). [Mohamed Abdi Waare](/en/people/mohamed-abdi-waare/) was elected in September 2017 ([Garowe Online](https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-mohamed-abdi-waare-elected-as-hirshabelles-new-president)).

## In short

An agricultural economist and former federal minister who was the first President of Hirshabelle from October 2016 until a no-confidence vote in August 2017.

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