| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 25 February 2009 |
Somalia has lacked any internationally recognized central governmentsince the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991. The currentTransitional Federal Government is the fifteenth attempt to create aformal state. The country is currently controlled by various politicaland regional factions as well as local warlords in the south and in two"republics" in the north. The former British colony ofSomaliland---consisting of five districts in the northwest---declaredindependence in 1991, and the northeastern region---known asPuntland---declared autonomy in 1998. |
President |
Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed |
Prime Minister |
Umar Abdirashid Ali SHARMARKE |
Deputy Prime Minister |
SALIM Aliyow Ibrow |
Deputy Prime Minister |
Aydid Abdullahi Ilka HANAF |
Deputy Prime Minister |
Ahmad ABDISALAM |
Minister of Agriculture, Water, & Urban Development |
Mustafa Ali DHUHULOW |
Minister of Air & Land Transport |
Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed HABSADE |
Minister of Defense |
MUHYADIN Muhammad Ali Ibrahim |
Minister of Education & Culture |
Aydid Abdullahi Ilka HANAF |
Minister of Finance & Planning |
Muhammad Ali HAMUD |
Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation |
Ali Ahmed JAMA Jangeli |
Minister of Information & Youth |
Ahmad ABDISALAM |
Minister of Internal Affairs & National Security |
MUSE Nur Amin |
Minister of Justice & Religious Affairs |
SALIM Aliyow Ibrow |
Minister of Minerals & Energy |
Muhammad Ali SALAH |
Minister of Posts & Communications |
ABDI MOHAMED Tarrah |
Minister of Public Works & Construction |
Nur Idow BEYLE |
Minister of Regional Development, Federal Affairs, & Reconciliation |
ABDIRIZAL Ashkir Abdi |
Minister of Trade, Industry, & Tourism |
Hussein Elabe FAHIYE |
Minister of Gender Development & Family Affairs |
Khadija Muhammad DIRIYE |
Governor, Central Bank |
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Permanent Representative to the UN, New York |
Elmi Ahmed DUALE |
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