Biography
Gedi's father was a Colonel in the Somali National Security Service (NSS) under the reign of Siad Barre. As a university student Ghedi was brilliant in his studies and he went to Italy for his further studies to the University of Pisa. Gedi even though many would say he wasn't in the political scene, others agree that he was involved somewhat in political conferences in Somalia e.g. the one as Baladweyne, Hiraan.
Ali Mohammad Ghedi was born in Mogadishu,Somalia in 1952. He is from the Abgal subclan Harti Abgal and sub-sub clan Warsangeli. After his mother's divorce,his step mother Hawa R. from Ayr-haber-Gedir clan raised the young Gedi. His father was a Colonel in the Somali National Security Service (NSS). Gedi completed military service training in the 70s. After completing secondary school at Jamal Abdul Nasser in Mogadishu in 1974, he went to veterinary school at the University of Mogadishu and graduated in 1978. From 1979-1981 he was in Italy at the University of Pisa on a two-year scholarship. He returned to Somali National University's Veterinary Faculty and served as assistant lecturer in 1982. He was soon appointed as its Head, and held that post until the collapse of Siad Barre's regime in 1991.
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