His Excellency
Abdillahi Mohamed Ahmed "Qablan": Hon. Abdillahi
Minister of National and Coordination of Somalia
In office
1946–1960
Secretary of State Somalia
In office
1960–1964
Personal details
Born1926
Las Khorey, Somaliland
DiedMarch 14, 1993 (aged 67)
Bosaso, Somalia
Political partySomali Youth League

Abdillahi Mohamed Ahmed "Qablan": Hon. Abdillahi (1926–1993) was born in 1926 in Las Khorey. He was a member of the political party Somali Youth League (SYL) in Somalia and the Minister of National and Coordination.[1]

Early life

He was taken to Aden at the age of five and had Quranic and Elementary education there. At the age of thirteen he went into business and began to rise in this career step by step until he became Branch Manager for the Firm A. Besse and Co. in Bosaso.

Career

In 1946, he joined the Somali Youth League and in 1960 was elected to the party in Berbera.[2] He went into politics in the Legislative Council during the general Elections of February 1960.[3] For a period of time he was a Secretary of State in the Abdirashid Shermarke Somalia Government.

From September 1964 until he resigned from Abdirizak's Government in April 1966, he was Secretary of Finance e. He was elected from Las Khorey both in 1960 and in 1964.

He also served as the first Minister of National and Co-ordination (now Planning) in the Mohamed Ibrahim H.Igaal Government. In 1969 after the military took over the power he established the first National Drilling Company.

References

  1. ↑ "SOMALIA: Somali Youth day celebrated in Garowe". Raxanreeb. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Islamic Reform in Twentieth-Century Africa
  3. ↑ The founding father of Somalia
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