Prime Minister
Starting in September 1999, Galaydh participated in the Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) in Arta, Djibouti. In October 2000, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan was named the new President of the Transitional National Government in Somalia and named Ali Khalif Galaydh as Prime Minister. The two statesmen returned to Somalia from their Djibouti exile on October 14. On October 15, Ismail Mahmud Hurre was named Foreign Minister. The rest of the cabinet was announced five days later: Abdullahi Baqor Musa as Defense Minister, Dahir Shaykh Muhammad as Interior Minister, and Sayid Shaykh Dahir as Finance Minister, with Saida Hagi Bashir Ismail as Finance Vice-Minister.
During his tenure, Galaydh led negotiations to get two of the five Somali warlords at the time to join the cabinet. The other three warlords went to Ethiopia and joined together to form an armed, anti-government movement.
In February, 2001 Galaydh successfully used diplomatic methods to get Ethiopian troops to leave the Southwestern Somali region of Gedo which Ethiopia had occupied from August 1996 to February 2001.
| Preceded by vacant, 1997-2000 |
Prime Minister of the Republic of Somalia October 8, 2000–October 28, 2001 |
Succeeded by Osman Jama Ali |
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