Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Somali: Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil, Arabic: عبد الله الشيخ إسماعيل) (died 7 May 2021) was a Somali politician.
Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail عبد الله الشيخ إسماعيل | |
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Minister of Transport of Somalia | |
Assumed office 12 January 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke |
Personal details | |
Born | 1940 Shalambood, Somalia |
Died | 7 May 2021 [1] Mogadishu, Somalia |
Political party | Independent |
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Abdulahi belongs to the Biimal clan of Dir. he worked as Translator to Somali parliament in 1960s, Somalia’s Ambassador to Tunis, and was later a member of SSNM front.
He previously served as a Deputy Prime Minister,[2] as well as a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.[3] On 12 January 2015, Ismail was appointed the new Minister of Transport of the Federal Government of Somalia by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.[4] He was 1st secretary, embassy, Cairo 1972. Ismacil was Consular (Belgium) & Amb to Yemen, United of America ,USSR, Arab League, Tunis, 1978-1988. He became Deputy PM & Foreign Minister Before being appointed as the Chair of Somalia-Somaliland talks. He spoke Somali, Arabic, English and Italian.
References
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- ^ "Somali speaker urges unity amid talk of war". Independent Online. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Deal for MPs to meet in Somalia". BBC News. 5 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Appointed his Cabinet". Dayniile. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.