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By Somalicurrent
Hussein Abdi Halane is the leading candidate to replace the outgoing Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali Current sources reveal.
Somali Federal Parliament ousted Shirdon on October 2, after lawmakers criticized his low performance and lack of activities as the country’s Prime Minister, during his year in office.
SC sources close to the Presidential Palace confirm that Hussein Halane is the ideal candidate to replace Shirdon, although he faces a stiff competition from Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh, who was the Deputy Prime Minister and federal Minister for Transport during PM Omar Abdirashid’s term.
Halane is a well-regarded figure in the international community and was the former Minister of Finance of the previous Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, led by PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
He has been working with Non-profit humanitarian organizations in the last 23 years. In addition, he was the country director of Save the Children.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who has 19 days to appoint his next Prime Minister, will have to choose between Halane and Gonjeh, according the Somali Current sources.
Gonjeh was presented himself as a candidate in Somalia’s 2012 presidential elections and later he was among resigned candidates.
Number of politicians has presented themselves to the President in an attempt to win his confidence, and sudden change may happen anytime.
Nuradin Dirie, who was among the presidential candidates in 2009 Puntland Elections, is also among the candidates running for the post.
Nuradin served as senior special advisor to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is expected to appoint his new Prime Minister in the next two weeks.
[By: Mohamed Farah and Tahlil Hassan]
Hussein Abdi Halane is the leading candidate to replace the outgoing Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon, Somali Current sources reveal.
Somali Federal Parliament ousted Shirdon on October 2, after lawmakers criticized his low performance and lack of activities as the country’s Prime Minister, during his year in office.
SC sources close to the Presidential Palace confirm that Hussein Halane is the ideal candidate to replace Shirdon, although he faces a stiff competition from Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh, who was the Deputy Prime Minister and federal Minister for Transport during PM Omar Abdirashid’s term.
Halane is a well-regarded figure in the international community and was the former Minister of Finance of the previous Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, led by PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
He has been working with Non-profit humanitarian organizations in the last 23 years. In addition, he was the country director of Save the Children.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who has 19 days to appoint his next Prime Minister, will have to choose between Halane and Gonjeh, according the Somali Current sources.
Gonjeh was presented himself as a candidate in Somalia’s 2012 presidential elections and later he was among resigned candidates.
Number of politicians has presented themselves to the President in an attempt to win his confidence, and sudden change may happen anytime.
Nuradin Dirie, who was among the presidential candidates in 2009 Puntland Elections, is also among the candidates running for the post.
Nuradin served as senior special advisor to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is expected to appoint his new Prime Minister in the next two weeks.
[By: Mohamed Farah and Tahlil Hassan]
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