ECONOMIST

Abdi Farah Shirdon

1958 - Today

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Abdi Farah Shirdon (Somali: Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon; Arabic: عبدي فارح شردون; born 1958) is a Somali businessman, economist and politician. He served as the prime minister of Somalia between October 2012 and December 2013. Shirdon is credited with having overseen significant development in social services and the national budget, as well as improving local security. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdi Farah Shirdon is the 308th most popular economist (up from 323rd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Somalia (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Somali Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Abdi Farah Shirdon ranks 308 out of 414. Before him are Philippe Van Parijs, Haruhiko Kuroda, Armen Alchian, Anthony Downs, Santiago Peña, and Jan Krzysztof Bielecki. After him are Charles P. Kindleberger, Richard D. Wolff, Alan Krueger, Nouriel Roubini, Pedro Solbes, and Branko Milanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Abdi Farah Shirdon ranks 270. Before him are Gary Numan, Tetsuya Komuro, Hussein Saeed, Edgardo Bauza, Gigi Becali, and Debbie Rowe. After him are Bebe Neuwirth, Remigijus Valiulis, Steve Schirripa, Cazuza, Chuck Russell, and André Hennicke.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon ranks 23 out of 58. Before him are Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Nuruddin Farah (1945), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), and Hassan Ali Khayre (1968). After him are Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Hawa Abdi (1947), Abdiweli Gaas (1967), Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), and Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Somalia

Among economists born in Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon ranks 1. 

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