Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Rayale Kahin
ุถุงู‡ุฑ ุฑูŠุงู„ูŠ ูƒุงู‡ู†
President of Somaliland
In office
3 May 2002 โ€“ 27 July 2010
Vice President Ahmed Yusuf Yasin
Preceded by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Succeeded by Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo
Personal details
Born 12 March 1952 (1952-03-12) (age 59)
Quljeed, British Somaliland (now Somalia)
Political party United Peoples' Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Huda Barkhad
Religion Sunni Islam

Dahir Rayale Kahin (Somali: Dahir Rayale Kahin, Arabic: ุถุงู‡ุฑ ุฑูŠุงู„ูŠ ูƒุงู‡ู†โ€Ž) (born 12 March 1952) was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia.[1][2] He became the third president of Somaliland on May 3, 2002, after the death of Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. He won elections on April 14, 2003, representing the Ururka Dimuqraadiga Umada Bahawday (UDUB), or United Democratic People's Party, and was sworn into office on May 16, 2003.

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Background

Kahin was born in the town of Quljeed in the northwestern Awdal region of British Somaliland. He was educated in Amoud, and was later trained in Mogadishu.

Kahin's previous posts included a diplomatic position at the Somali Embassy in Djibouti, intelligence in the government of former president Mohamed Siad Barre, a stint as governor of Awdal and as a businessman, and a term as vice president of Somaliland (1997โ€“2002).

Service in the Barre government

In the last years of the Barre government, during the 1980s, Kahin was the highest-ranking National Security Service (NSS) officer in Berbera.[3]

In 2003, Kahin became the first elected President of Somaliland.

References

  1. ^ The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic: "The Somali Republic shall have the following boundaries. (a) North; Gulf of Aden. (b) North West; Djibouti. (c) West; Ethiopia. (d) South south-west; Kenya. (e) East; Indian Ocean."
  2. ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Somalia
  3. ^ Human Rights Watch (Organization), Chris Albin-Lackey, Hostages to peace: threats to human rights and democracy in Somaliland, (Human Rights Watch: 2009), p.13.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Abdirahman Aw Ali Farah
Vice President of Somaliland
1997โ€“2002
Succeeded by
Ahmed Yusuf Yasin
Preceded by
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
President of Somaliland
2002โ€“2010
Succeeded by
Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo