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Abdiweli Gaas

1967 - Today

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Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas (Somali: Cabdiweli Maxamad Cali Gaas pronounced [ʕabdiweli maħamad ʕali gaːs]; Arabic: عبدالولي محمد علي گاس‎; ), also more known as Abdiweli Gaas, is a Somali American economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from June 2011 to October 2012, and briefly afterwards as an MP in the newly formed Federal Parliament. During his time as premier, Ali is credited with having devised the formal "Roadmap for the End of Transition", a political process that provided clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in the country. On 8 January 2014, he was elected the 5th President of the Puntland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdiweli Gaas is the 15,179th most popular politician (up from 18,547th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 44th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdiweli Gaas ranks 15,179 out of 19,576Before him are Eugen Huber, Ruth First, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Æscwine of Essex, Leo Falcam, and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. After him are Hans van Mierlo, Bezalel Smotrich, José Patricio Guggiari, Gyude Bryant, Kálmán Széll, and Eevi Huttunen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Abdiweli Gaas ranks 216Before him are Simen Agdestein, Carles Busquets, Richard Bona, Oleg Taktarov, Michael Marsh, and Pierre Coffin. After him are Simone Moro, Frankie Fredericks, Meho Kodro, Izumi Sakai, Jimmy Kimmel, and Günther.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdiweli Gaas ranks 26 out of 58Before him are Nuruddin Farah (1945), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), and Hawa Abdi (1947). After him are Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931), Aden Madobe (1956), Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1958), and Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Abdiweli Gaas ranks 19Before him are Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928). After him are Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931), Aden Madobe (1956), Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1958), Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952), and Ali Khalif Galaydh (1941).