Mohamed Qanyare Afrah محمد قنيري افرح | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Security | |
| In office May 1995 – July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Omar Shaaweye |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Nur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1941 Somalia Ceelbuur |
| Died | 29 June 2019 (aged 81) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Other political affiliations | United Somali Congress |
| Occupation | Political activist |
Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (Somali: Maxamed Qanyare Afrax, Arabic: محمد افراح قنياري}(1941–2019) was a Somali faction leader and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District.[1] He came in third position in Somalia's first election as a federal country[2] on 10 October 2004 and was subsequently appointed minister of public security in the government of Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, He served as minister of security in 2006 but was dismissed after ignoring calls by the Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi to stop fighting forces of the Islamist Courts.[3] He continued to participate actively in Somali political affairs being reelected to the first post transitional federal parliament of Somalia as a member of parliament, he resigned from his seat representing his (Murusade) clan in the summer of 2013, his seat in the Federal Parliament of Somalia was taken over by his son Cabdiweli Mohamed Qanyare.
- ^ Meehan, Emily (19 August 2008). "Notes From a Failed State". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Turner, B. (7 February 2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2006: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. ISBN 9780230271340.
- ^ Ted Dagne (31 August 2011). "Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 17 February 2023.