Faysal Ali Warabe
| Faysal Ali Warabe فيصل علي ورابي |
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| Chairman of the For Justice and Development Party | |
| Assumed office 2001 |
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| Regional Director of the Ministry of Public Works of Somalia | |
| Director of Planning & Building of the Ministry of Public Works of Somalia | |
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| Born | 1948 Hargeisa, British Somaliland |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
| Religion | Islam |
Faysal Ali Warabe (Audio file "En-us-Faisal Ali Warabe from Somaliland pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg" not found fah-EE-suhl AH-lee wah-RAH-bee) (Somali: Faysal Cali Waraabe, Arabic: فيصل علي ورابي) (born 1948), also spelled Faisal Ali Warabe, is a Somali engineer and politician. He previously served as Director of Planning and Building as well as Regional Director of Somalia's Ministry of Public Works. Additionally, Warabe is the founder and Chairman of the For Justice and Development (UCID) political party.
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Biography
Personal life
Warabe was born in 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland. He hails from the Eidigalla sub-clan of the Isaaq.[1]
Warabe is married. He speaks several languages, including Somali, Arabic, English, Russian and Finnish.[2]
Education
For his post-secondary education, Warabe studied in Russia. He earned an M. Sc. in Engineering in 1973 from an institution in St. Peterburg.[2]
Between 1997 and 2001, Warabe also matriculated at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he attended courses in the Social Policy Department. He later moved to Espoo.[2]
Career
An engineer by profession, Warabe began his career as the president of AYAAN, a local Somali construction company. He later worked as a Chief Engineer in Mogadishu.[2]
Warabe subsequently served with the Somali central government as the Director of Planning and Building in the Ministry of Public Works. He was later appointed the Ministry's Regional Director.[2]
In 2001, Warabe founded the For Justice and Development (UCID) in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. Serving as the political association's Chairman, UCID came in third place in the 2003 regional elections, receiving 16% of votes.[1]
Work
- Main offices
- Regional Director, Ministry of Public Works, Somalia
- Director of Planning & Building, Ministry of Public Works
- Chief Engineer, Mogadishu, Somalia
- President of AYAAN construction company
- Other positions held
- Chairman of Somaliland Society in Europe (2001)
- Chairman of Somali Social Democrats Party (2001)
- Chairman of Somaliland Association in Finland (1998-2001)
- Chairman of Somali Social Democrats Party (1997)
- Other activities
- Spokesman for Somaliland Peace Committee, 1995
Notes
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Ethnic Somali people
- People from Hargeisa
- Somalian engineers
- Somaliland politicians
- University of Helsinki alumni
