Raisal Wasaare Dr Abdiwali Sheikh Ahmed

Raisal Wasaare Dr Abdiwali Sheikh Ahmed

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19/10/2022
13/12/2013

BACKGROUND:
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Personal life
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Ahmed was born in 1959 in Bardera, situated in the southern Gedo region of Somalia.[2]
He later moved to Canada when the civil war broke out in 1991.[3][4] He has dual Somali and Canadian citizenship.[2]
Ahmed has also lived and worked in a number of other countries, including Ethiopia, Djibouti, Egypt, Yemen,Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Kenya and Malaysia.[2]
He is multilingual, speaking Somali, Arabic, Italian and English fluently. He also has a good command of French.[2]
Ahmed is married, and has children.[2]

Education
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For his post-secondary education, Ahmed earned a Lauria in Economics from the Somali National University (SNU) in Mogadishu.[2]
He later studied at the Algonquin College in Ottawa, where he was presented with a diploma in Computer Programming.[2]
Ahmed subsequently matriculated at the the University of Ottawa. There, he earned an M.A. in Economics. He was also a Ph.D. Candidate in International Trade and Development at the same institution.[2]
Additionally, Ahmed has a several professional diplomas from U.S. and other government agencies. Among these are a Diploma in Project Management from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), a Diploma in Project Planning and Appraisal from SIDAM, and a Diploma in Animal Health Management from the USDA and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).[2]

Early career
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Ahmed is an economist by training. He has over two decades of experience in development and trade economics, specializing in resource mobilization; building partnerships and alliances; negotiating and forging agreements; and formulating and implementing development strategies, programs and policies at both national and regional levels.[2]
Ahmed has worked in mainly leadership positions with a number of international organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, African Union/IBAR and the European Union. He has also collaborated with the Arab League's Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), United Nations specialized agencies, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), ECOWAS, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), African Development Bank (AfDB), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Dry land Alliance Initiative, Inter Agency Donor Group (IADG), OPEC, and Arab Funds for Development (Saudi Fund, Kuwait Fund, Qatar Foundation).[2] Additionally, he has undertaken many international work and diplomatic missions.[2]
From 1984 to 1990, Ahmed was the Director-General of the Livestock Marketing and Health Agency in Mogadishu.[4]
Between 1991 and 1998, he served as Chief Executive Officer at MISK Enterprises, a livestock exporting firm with offices in Djibouti, Sana'a and Nairobi.[4]
Ahmed later worked as an International Development and Trade Economics Analyst at the Bank of Canada and Ottawa University from 1998 to 2003.[4]
In 2003-2006, he was also a Program Manager at the African Union's Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) – Red Sea Livestock Trade Commission.[2]
Ahmed subsequently acted as a Senior Livestock and Pastoralism Advisor to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in Lusaka between 2007 and 2009.[2]
From 2010 to 2013, Ahmed served as a Senior Agriculture and Rural Development Officer for the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[2] He was part of the organization's Department of Agriculture and Livestock Development.[1]
Ahmed has no previous political background.[4]

Prime Minister of Somalia[edit]
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On 12 December 2013, incumbent President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced to the Federal Parliament that he had appointed Ahmed as the new national Prime Minister in place of Abdi Farah Shirdon. Legislators must now approve the selection.[4]
Professional memberships[edit]

Ahmed is a member of several professional associations and networks. Among these are:[2]
Arab-African International Development Professionals (AAIDP)
Canadian Economics Society
Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG)
International Livestock and Pastoralism Development Network (ILPN)
References[edit]

^ Jump up to: a b "List of workshop participants: Enhancing safe inter-regional livestock trade". FAO. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "SOMALIA: Profile of New Prime Minister of Somalia". Horseed Media. 12 December 2013.

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