| Native Name: | Somali: Cali Cabdi Awaare Arabic: علي عبدي أواري |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Beyla, Bari, Somalia |
| Office: | Ambassador of The Federal Republic Of Somalia to Egypt and Representative of Somalia for the Arab League |
| Office2: | Federal Republic of Somalia Representative to The Arab League |
| Term Start: | since June 4th 2024 to now |
| Office1: | Puntland Presidency minister of state for International Relations and Social Affairs |
| Termstart1: | 2005 |
| Termend1: | 2008 |
Ali Abdi Aware (Somali: Cali Cabdi Awaare, Arabic: علي عبدي أواري; born 15 May 1957 in Bayla, Bari, Somalia) is a Somali politician and a diplomat he is the Ambassador of Somalia to Egypt and Representative of Somalia for Arab league.[1] A former state minister of the Puntland Presidency for International Relations and Social Affairs, he has also been a candidate for the Puntland presidential elections in 2009, 2014, and 2019.[2] [3] [4]
Awaare has over the years held various positions in the government of Puntland, including State Minister of the Presidency for International Relations and Social Affairs.[5] In 2008, he ran for president in that year's Puntland elections. He was eliminated in the first round of voting, receiving 4.55% of votes.[6]
In 2013, Aware presented himself as a candidate in the 2014 Puntland presidential election, which took place on 8 January 2014 in Garowe.[7] He was eliminated in the first round of voting, with former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali declared the winner.[8]