Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
احمد محمد محمود
Mohamoud in 2011
4th President of Somaliland
In office 27 July 2010 – 13 December 2017
Vice President	Abdirahman Saylici
Preceded by	Dahir Riyale Kahin
Succeeded by	Muse Bihi Abdi
Chairman of Peace, Unity, and Development Party
In office 2002–2010
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Muse Bihi Abdi
9th Minister of Finance
In office 1997–1999[1]
President	Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Preceded by	Yusuf Ainab Muse
Succeeded by	Mohamed Said Mohamed
Member of the Somaliland House of Representatives
In office 1993–1996
Chairman of the Somali National Movement
In office 9 August 1984[2] – April 1990
Preceded by	Colonel Abdiqadir Kosar Abdi
Succeeded by	Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Somalia
In office 1965–1973
President	Mohamed Siad Barre
Minister of Commerce of Somalia
In office 1973–1978
President	Mohamed Siad Barre
In office 1980–1982
President	Mohamed Siad Barre
Personal details
Born	1938 (age 85–86) Burao, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
Citizenship	Somalilander
Political party	Peace, Unity, and Development Party
Spouse	Amina Weris Sheikh-Mohamed Jirde
Alma mater	SOS Sheikh Secondary School University of Manchester
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Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud Siilaanyo, Arabic: احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو; born 1938) is a Somaliland politician who was President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017. He is a long-time member of the government, having served as Minister of Commerce of the Somali Republic, and among other Cabinet positions. During the 1980s, he also served as the Chairman of the Somali National Movement.^[3]

Standing as an opposition candidate, he was elected as President of Somaliland in Somaliland's 2010 presidential election.^[4]