Mohamed Warsame Ali | |
Office: | 1st President of Galmudug |
Term Start: | 14 August 2006 |
Term End: | 14 August 2009 |
Vicepresident: | Abdisalam Haji Ahmed Liban |
Successor: | Mohamed Ahmed Alin |
Birth Date: | 1937 |
Death Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
Party: | Independent |
Mohamed Warsame Ali "Kiimiko" (Somali: Maxamed Warsame Cali "Kiimiko"; 1937 – 6 May 2019) was the founder and the first president of Galmudug state, elected on 14 August 2006, when Galmudug state was established.[1] Ali was a Somali politician and diplomat. He has occupied various diplomatic posts in Somalia since independence in 1960, including Somali Ambassador to the United States in 1980.[2]
Under the Transitional Federal Government, Warsame held a number of posts, including Minister of Commerce in 2000,[3] Minister of Public Works in 2003,[4] and Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs in early 2006.[5] On 14 August 2006, Warsame was elected president of the newly formed autonomous state of Galmudug in central Somalia by representatives of the people of Mudug and Galgaduud.