Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
| Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi | |
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| عبد الرحمن محمد عبد الله | |
| Chairman and Presidential candidate of Waddani Party, Former Speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives | |
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In office 2005 – 2 August 2017 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 April 1955 Hargeisa, Somaliland |
| Political party | Waddani |
| Alma mater | Sheikh Secondry School |
| Website | www.waddani-party.org |
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Somali: Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdillaahi Cirro, Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عبد الله) (born 24 April 1955), also known as Irro, is a Somaliland politician, Who served as speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives (lower chamber) of Somaliland's first elected parliament. He was elected to the position in November 2005. Abdullahi also previously co-founded the For Justice and Development (UCID) party. He is likewise the founder and Chairman of the Wadani party.
Abdirahman was born in 1955 in Hargeisa Hospital in British Somaliland. Nicknamed "Irro", his father was a senior police officer, Mohamed Abdillahi Egal (Irro Weyne, "the grey-haired"). Irro senior served as a major influence on his son, instilling discipline.
Abdullahi studied at elementary and intermediate schools in the northwestern towns of Hargeisa, Berbera and Burao, as his father was successively transferred. He attended the Sheikh Secondary School, an elite local institution for students who received high scores from the elementary schools. Abdullahi later graduated from the school, gaining the highest possible grade (kaalinta koowaad) during the final exam. He also spent part of his childhood in Oodweyne and Buuhoodle.
Abdullahi subsequently joined SIDAM, where he majored in Accounting. He then earned a master's degree in business administration (MBA) from the American University.
Professionally, Abdullahi worked at the Settlement Development Agency (Dan-wadaagaha) in different parts of Somalia. From 1981, he took on a position in the foreign service of the Somali Democratic Republic. Abdullahi also served in the Somali Embassy as the first consular in Moscow, which covered the entire Soviet Union. In 1991, he was re-appointed as Somalia's acting Ambassador to the Soviet Union. In this capacity, Abdullahi assisted the many Somali expatriates who had left Somalia following outbreak of the civil war. He later relocated to Finland in 1996 to join his family, who had moved there a few years prior.
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