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Mohamud Abdi Gaab (Maxamuud Cabdi Gaab)
Engineer Mohamud Abdi Gaab was Governor of Hiiraan from 2011 to 2014. Hiran State news also called him President of Hiiraan State. In January 2012 he led a delegation to Nairobi to meet Hiiraan's scholars, religious leaders and intellectuals.
Mohamud Abdi GaabMaxamuud Cabdi Gaab · Eng. Maxamuud Cabdi Gaab
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Beledweyne and Hiiraan
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 3 sources
Who is he?
Mohamud Abdi Gaab was Governor of Hiiraan from 2011 to 2014 (Wikipedia, Mohamud Abdi Gaab). He holds the title of engineer (Hiran State News).
Governor and "Hiiraan State"
Hiran State's news site called him "Madaxweynaha Hiiraan State", President of Hiiraan State (Hiran State News). In 2012 Hiiraan Online published an essay on Hiiraan's place in the new Somali constitution, discussing the region's administration in that period (Hiiraan Online, May 2012). See HirShabelle, the member state Hiiraan joined in 2016.
Visit to Nairobi
On 1 January 2012 he arrived in Nairobi with a delegation from Uganda (Hiran State News). There he met intellectuals, scholars and religious leaders from Hiiraan (same source). See Somalis in Kenya.
In short
Governor of Hiiraan from 2011 to 2014, styled by local media as President of Hiiraan State.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Mohamud Abdi Gaab · en.wikipedia.org
- Hiran State News · hiranstate.com
- Hiiraan Online, May 2012 · hiiraan.com
Mohamud Abdi GaabMaxamuud Cabdi Gaab · Eng. Maxamuud Cabdi Gaab
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Beledweyne and Hiiraan
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 3 sources
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