Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
| Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud احمد محمد محمود |
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| President of Somaliland | |
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Assumed office 27 July 2010 |
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| Vice President | Abdirahman Saylici |
| Preceded by | Dahir Riyale Kahin |
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| Born | 1936 (age 80–81) Burao, British Somaliland |
| Political party | Peace, Unity and Development Party |
| Spouse(s) | Amina Weris Sheikh-Mohamed Jirde |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Religion | Muslim |
Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, Arabic: احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو) (born 1936) is a Somaliland politician who has been President of Somaliland since 2010. He is a longtime member of government, having served as Minister of Commerce of Somalia, among other Cabinet positions. During the 1980s, he also acted as Chairman of the Somali National Movement.
Standing as an opposition candidate, he was elected as President of Somaliland in Somaliland's 2010 presidential election.
Mohamoud was born in 1936 in the mideastern town of Burco, situated in what was then the former British Somaliland protectorate. Nicknamed "Silanyo", he hails from the Habar-Jeclo clan of the Isaaq. Ahmed M. Mohamoud Silanyo is the third child of four. His father was a merchant marine, so the family lived a half-nomadic, half-settled lifestyle. He was the only child in the family to attend a formal education, fostered by an uncle who was a strong influence on his early life. His brothers followed their father’s footsteps as merchant marines. He is Muslim.
He met his wife, Amina-Weris Sh. Mohamed, in the late 1960s. Like him, she completed her education as a registered nurse and midwife in England. She is one of the pioneers of the Somali’s educated women. They married in Mogadishu in 1968. She has been a strong partner, by his side throughout the long and turbulent times of his political career. They have five children (Lul, Hodan, Kulmiye, Ali-Salan, and Rashid) and four grandchildren (Idil, Ahmed-Zaki, Safia, and Riad.)
Between 1946 and 1957, Mohamoud studied at schools in Sheekh and Amud, where he completed his secondary levels.
Upon graduation, he moved to England to pursue higher studies. From 1958 to 1960, Mohamoud enrolled in London University and obtained an advanced General Certificate of Education (GCE). He then studied at University of Manchester, where he earned both a Bachelor's Degree (1960–63) and a Master's Degree (1960–63) in Economics.
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