Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame saylici
Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur Warsame
1st Special Envoy for Drought and Climate Change of Somalia
Assumed office
24 May 2022
Minister of Planning and International Cooperations
In office
2009–2010
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Bulobarde, Somalia
CitizenshipBritish [citation needed]
Somali
Political partyWadajir Party
Alma materInternational University of Africa National University of Malaysia

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame (born 1968)[1] is a Somali politician and a constitutional expert. He is currently the leader of the Wadajir Party. He served as a member of the Somali Parliament from 2009 to 2010,[2] and as the Minister of Planning and International relations[3] under President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed between 2009 and 2010.[4] He contested in the 2017 Somali presidential elections against Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.[5] Warsame was one of the most prominent opposition politicians in Somalia, and a fierce critic of the Farmajo administration, in 2017–2022.

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  2. ^ "MAGACYADA LIISKA XUBNAHA CUSUB EE ARS". www.somalitalkradio.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "The Mission of Japan to the European Union". eu.emb-japan.go.jp. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Country of origin information report Somalia" (PDF). Refworld.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Somalia Changes Presidential Election Venue, Citing Transparency Concerns". Archived from the original on 18 March 2020.