Hassan Ali Khaire Xasan Cali Khayre حسن علي خيري | |
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19th Prime Minister of Somalia | |
In office 1 March 2017 – 26 July 2020 | |
President | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed |
Preceded by | Omar Sharmarke |
Succeeded by | Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Hassan Ali Khaire 1967[1] Ceelbuur, Galguduud, Somali Republic[citation needed] |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | University of Oslo Heriot-Watt University |
Hassan Ali Khaire (or alternatively transliterated as Hassan Ali Khayre,[2] Somali: Xasan Cali Khayre, Arabic: حسن علي خيري; born 1967[1]), popularly known as Hassan Khaire,[3] is a senior politician and is the former prime minister of Somalia. He was appointed on 23 February 2017 by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo"[4] and resigned on Saturday July 25, 2020 after MPs passed a disputed vote of no confidence.[5]
Khaire is a former oil executive. He has been a regional director of the Norwegian Refugee Council charity and served as the director of the British oil company Soma Oil and Gas.[6][7]