Salah Jama

Salah Jama
Saalax Jaamac
صالح جامع
Salah Jama, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia
Jama in 2022
Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia
Assumed office
7 August 2022[1]
PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime MinisterHamza Abdi Barre
Preceded byMahdi Mohammed Gulaid
Upper House Senator for Sanaag Region
Assumed office
14 April 2022
Preceded byNurah Farah
ConstituencySanaag
Minister of Constitutional Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia
In office
7 April 2019 – 7 August 2022
Preceded byAbdirahman Hosh Jibril
Succeeded bypost abolished
Minister of Labour of the Federal Government of Somalia
In office
29 March 2017 – 7 April 2019
Preceded byAbdiweli Ibrahim Mudey
Succeeded bySadik Warfa[2]
Member of the House of the People representing Erigavo District
In office
27 December 2016 – 29 September 2021
Succeeded byAidarus Salah Yusuf
ConstituencyErigavo
Personal details
Born1980[3]
Erigavo, Sanaag, Somalia[3]
Political partyIndependent
Residence(s)Mogadishu, Somalia
Alma mater
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Salah Ahmed Jama (Somali: Saalax Axmed Jaamac, Arabic: صالح احمد جامع; born 1980) is a Somali politician serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia since 2 August 2022.[4] Salah previously served in the cabinet twice, first as the Minister of Labour, and later as the Minister of Constitutional Affairs.

Salah is also Senator of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia representing the Sanaag region[5] and a former MP who has represented Sanaag in the House of the People of the Federal Parliament from December 2016 until his election to the Upper House in September 2021.[6]

  1. ^ Askar, Hanad (7 August 2022). "Somalia Parliament Approves New Cabinet". Horseed Media. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GJ4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Haji Abdiwali, Fu’ad (9 August 2022). "Realism, inclusiveness, and an audacious move - hallmarks of the new Cabinet". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Somalia Prime Minister announces his Cabinet". Middle East Monitor. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Prof. Samatar, Constitutional Affairs Minister Salah Jama elected senators". Goobjoog. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ^ "9 Xildhibaan Oo Somaliland Kasoo Jeeda Ayaa Lagu Doortay Muqdisho (Sawirro)". Goobjoog. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2022.