Abdirahman Farole
| Abdirahman Mohamud Farole عبد الرحمن محمد |
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| President of Puntland | |
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In office 8 January 2009 – 8 January 2014 |
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| Vice President | Abdisamad Ali Shire |
| Preceded by | Mohamud Muse Hersi Adde |
| Succeeded by | Abdiweli Mohamed Ali |
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| Born | 1945 (age 71–72) Eyl, Somalia |
| Political party | Horseed |
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Somali National University (BCom) La Trobe University (BA) University at Albany (MBA) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www |
Abdirahman Mohamud Farole (Somali: Cabdiraxmaan Maxamuud Faroole, Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد) (born 1945) is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s and later as the Minister of Finance of the autonomous Puntland region in the northeast. From 8 January 2009 to 8 January 2014, Farole was also the President of Puntland.
Farole was born in 1945 in the coastal town of Eyl, situated in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia. He hails from the Ciise Mohamud sub-clan of the Majeerteen Darod.
A multi-linguist, he is fluent in Somali, Arabic, Italian and English.
Farole first pursued his post-secondary education locally, earning a Diploma of Public Health in 1964 from the Scuola Professionale Sanitaria in Mogadishu, the nation's capital. The following year, he earned a Diploma in Statistics from the International Statistical Institute of Beirut in Lebanon.
In 1985, Farole completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Commerce from the Somali National University in Mogadishu. He followed that five years later with a Master of Business Administration (Major in Financial Management) from a joint partnership between the Somali National University-SOMTAD and the State University of New York at Albany. In 2005, he added to his resume a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Politics) from La Trobe University in Australia.
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