Mohamed Qanyare
| Mohamed Qanyare Afrah محمد قنيري افرح |
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| Warlord of Mogadishu | |
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In office May 1995 – July 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Ibrahim Omar Shaaweye |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Nur |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 27, 1941 Ceelbuur, Galguduud, Somalia |
| Other political affiliations |
United Somali Congress |
| Residence | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Occupation | Political Activist |
| Religion | Islam |
Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (Somali: Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, Arabic: محمد افراح قنياري) (born c. 1941) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District. He served as Minister of Security in 2006 but was dismissed after ignoring calls by the Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi to stop fighting forces of the Islamist Courts. He continued to participate actively in Somali political affairs being reelected to the first post transitional federal parliament of Somalia as a member of parliament, he resigned from his seat representing his (Murusade) clan in the summer of 2013, his seat in the Federal Parliament of Somalia was taken over by his son Cabdiweli Mohamed Qanyare.
Mohamed Qanyare Afrah joined the Somali Police Force after Somali independence in 1960, he rose to the level of Police Corporal before fleeing into exile in neighboring Kenya in the 70's. Where with his brother Hassan Qanyare Afrah he built Speedways Trans - Africa a road haulage company, that grew into one of the preeminent commercial transportation enterprises in East and Central Africa of the 1970s and 1980s. In exile Mohamed Qanyare was a noted critic of the regime of Somali dictator Siad Barre financially supporting different opposition movements against the former dictator, this support led to him being declared persona non-grata by the then President of the Republic of Kenya and close personal friend of Siad Barre Daniel arap Moi. Mohamed Qanyare currently lives in semi-retirement in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Qanyare was one of the early members of the United Somali Congress (USC), in a splinter faction known as the "USC Mahdi," because of their following of Ali Mahdi Mohamed (Abgaal clan). The USC Mahdi faction was distinct from the main branch run by Mohamed Farah Aideed.
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