Isaaq - Notable Isaaq People

Notable Isaaq People

  • Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Last SNM Chairman and First President of Somaliland.
  • Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo, President of Somaliland as of June 2010; longest-serving and the 4th chairman of the SNM; former chairman of the Kulmiye Party.
  • Hussein Arab Isse, Defence Minister and a Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia
  • Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad (Ibrahim al-Afghani), a prominent member of Somalia's Al-Shabaab, an insurgent group fighting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.
  • Mohamed Hasan Abdullahi, Chief of Staff of Somaliland Armed Forces.
  • Moktar Ali Zubeyr, Emir (leader) of Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen, which currently is the most prominent insurgent group in Somalia.
  • Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, former Prime Minister of Somalia; former president of Somaliland
  • Umar Arteh Ghalib, former Prime Minister of Somalia, former president of UN Security Council, teacher and poet.

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