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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

1934 - 2012

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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (Somali: Cabdulaahi Yuusuf Axmed, Arabic: عبدالله يوسف أحمد‎; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012), was a Somali politician and former military official who served as the first President of Puntland from 1998 to 2004. He also played a key role in establishing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which he led as President of Somalia from 2004 to 2008. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the rebel Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). Yusuf was a career soldier in the Somali National Army, participating in the 1964 Border War and Ogaden War against Ethiopia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed is the 9,205th most popular politician (down from 8,388th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 9,205 out of 19,576. Before him are Dalia Itzik, Orlando Letelier, Meresankh III, Kazimira Prunskienė, Vyacheslav von Plehve, and Anerood Jugnauth. After him are Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Badr al-Jamali, Huang Xing, Peter G. Peterson, Shibi Khan, and Branko Mikulić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 164. Before him are Raina Kabaivanska, Dashrath Manjhi, Al Freeman Jr., Alan Bates, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, and Victor French. After him are Lakhdar Brahimi, Linda Cristal, Jacques Loussier, Claude Zidi, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, and Pierre Clastres. Among people deceased in 2012, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 137. Before him are Henry Hill, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Al Freeman Jr., Svetozar Gligorić, Thomas Szasz, and Besse Cooper. After him are Iajuddin Ahmed, David Kelly, Andy Williams, Marcos Alonso, Ulric Neisser, and William Thurston.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 13 out of 58. Before him are Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Waris Dirie (1965), Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Iman (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), and Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945). After him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), and Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed ranks 10. Before him are Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), and Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945). After him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Omar Sharmarke (1960), and Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939).

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