Early Years
Ahmed was born on December 15, 1934 in Galkacyo, situated in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. The city was at the time part of Italian Somaliland.
For his post-secondary education, Ahmed studied Law at the Somali National University in Mogadishu. He later moved abroad to pursue Military Studies. Ahmed obtained a degree in Military Topography from the Frunze Military Academy in the former Soviet Union (Военная академия им. М. В. Фрунзе), an elite institution reserved for the most qualified officers of the Warsaw Pact armies and their allies. He also received additional military training in Italy.
Ahmed was married to Hawa Abdi Samatar, with whom he had two sons and two daughters in addition to six grandchildren.
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