Ahmed M. Mahamoud Silanyo

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Ahmed M. Mahamoud "Silanyo" (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud "Siilaanyo") is the Chairman of The Kulmiye Party.

[edit] Early life

He is part of the Habar Jeclo Adan-madobeh sub-clan, which is part of the larger Isaaq clan family.Isaaq is one of the most civilized clan in Somalia. Mohamed attended the secondary schools of Sheikh and Amoud from 1946-1957. He passed the advanced level GCE examinations in London from 1958-1960. He attended college at the University of Manchester, England and earned an Honors Bachelor's Degree in Economics (1960-63). He completed his Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester in 1966.

[edit] Political experience

Silanyo served as a senior official at the Ministry of Planning and Coordination in Mogadishu, Somalia from 1965 to 1969. He was also the Minister of Planning and Coordination (1969-1973), the Minister of Commerce (1973-1978 and 1980-1982), and the Chairman of the National Economic Board (1978-1980). He was the Chairman of the Somali National Movement's UK branch from 1982 to 1990, and was that organization's longest-serving chairperson. From 1993 to 1997 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Somaliland. He served as the Somaliland Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1999, in which position he initiated a program of fiscal reform. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as Somaliland's Minister of Planning and Coordination]], a position from which he resigned in 2001. ^[1]

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