Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
4th President of Somaliland
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud, Arabic: احمد محمد محمود; 1 June 1938 – 15 November 2024), known by his nickname Silanyo (Arabic: سيلانيو), was a Somaliland politician who served as the President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017. During the 1980s, he served as the Chairman of the Somali National Movement.
Silanyo was a long-time member of the former Somali Republic and later the Somali Democratic Republic central government.
He held several key positions, including serving as Minister of Commerce of the Somali Republic.
Standing as an opposition candidate, he was elected as President of Somaliland in Somaliland's 2010 presidential election.
Background
Early life
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud was born in 1938 in the Mid Eastern town of Burco, situated in what was then the former British Somaliland protectorate. Nicknamed "Silanyo" (meaning lizard in Somali), he hailed from the Adan Madobe sub-division of the Habar Jeclo clan of Isaaq clan-family. Mohamoud is the third child of six. His father was a merchant marine; so the family lived a half-nomadic, half-settled lifestyle. He was the only child in the family to attend a formal education, fostered by an uncle who was a strong influence on his early life.
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