Mohamed Dini Farah (Somali: Maxamed Diini Faarax) (born 1943[1]) is a Djiboutian politician. He is a former minister and President of the Parliamentary Group of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), currently serving as a deputy in the National Assembly of Djibouti.
Farah was born in Tadjourah. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Administrative Reform from 8 June 1995 to 19 April 1997,[1] then Minister of Public Works.[1] [2] Farah was elected to the National Assembly in the December 1997 parliamentary election[1] as the second candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) in Tadjourah Region.[3] Following this election, he was appointed as Minister of Justice, in charge of Human Rights, on 28 December 1997.[2] [4]
Farah was subsequently appointed as Minister of Health on 12 May 1999.[5] He was re-elected in the January 2003 parliamentary election[1] as the second candidate on the candidate list of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in Tadjourah Region.[6] In the National Assembly, he became the President of the RPP Parliamentary Group.[1]
In addition to serving on the RPP Central Committee,[1] Farah was elected to the RPP Executive Committee as the party's National Secretary for Youth on 3 July 2003.[7] He is also Honorary President of the RPP National Youth League as of 2003.[8]
In the February 2008 parliamentary election, Farah was the 13th candidate on the candidate list of the governing coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), in the District of Djibouti.[9] He was re-elected to a seat, and after the election, he was appointed as President of the National Defense and Security Commission in the National Assembly on 25 February 2008.[10]