Hersi Ali Haji Hassan

Hersi Ali Haji Hassan
حرسي علي حاج حسن
Hassan in 2023
Chairman of Waddani Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 November 2021
Preceded by	Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Irro"
Dahabshiil Group
In office 29 september 1994 – 19 October 2010
National Electoral Commission Deputy Chairman
In office February 2007 – May 2008
Chief of Cabinet
In office July 2010 – July 2011
Minister of the Presidency
In office July 2011 – 28 October 2015
President	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Succeeded by	Mohamoud Hashi Abdi
Personal details
Born	1968 Burao, Somali Republic (now Somaliland)
Political party	Waddani

Hersi Ali Haji Hassan (Somali: Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan, born 1968) is a Somaliland politician and the current chairman of the Waddani party, the ruling party in Somaliland.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Hersi was born in 1966 in Burao,[5] capital of Togdheer region. He completed his secondary education in 1987,[6] after which he joined the Somali National Movement (SNM) during the Somaliland War of Independence.[4][7] He belongs to the Ahmed Farah subclan of the Habr Je'lo Isaaq.[8]

After the war, he returned to education and studied in Somaliland, India and the United Kingdom where he studied different areas in ICT and Management.[4][7]

He started his career at Dahabshiil Group, first from the Remittance Department to the CEO of Somtel International, one of the leading telecommunications companies in the Horn of Africa.[7] Throughout his tenure at Dahabshiil, he was also appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, a position he held for 1 year before joining politics.[9][7]

He served as the Minister of the Presidency of Somaliland from 2011 to 2015 under the administration of Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Siilaanyo), before later resigning.[3]

Hersi joined the Waddani party in 2016 and was shortly appointed a party leader.[7] In 2021 Hersi was elected the chairman of the Waddani opposition party of Somaliland, succeeding party founder Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi ('Irro).[9]

Writings

Hersi Ali is the author of two books:

• Miyiga illaa Madaxtooyada, 30 October 2018, [10]

• Hodanka baahan iyo Himiladayda, 21 February 2020[11]

References

1. Waa kuma Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan,BBC News.
2. XIRSI CALI X. XASAN Qoryaale News 30 October 2015
3. Wasiirka wasaaradda Madaxtooyadda Somaliland Mudane Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan,
4. Hersi Ali Hassan Elected Waddani Party Chairman horndiplomat.com 16 November 2021
5. "Taariikh Nololeedka Guddoomiyaha Cusub Ee Xisbiga WADDANI Xirsi Xaaji Xasan". hadhwanaagnews.ca. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
6. "Hersi Ali Haji Hassan – Waddani". Retrieved 4 September 2024.
7. "Somaliland: Waa kuma Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan, Guddoomiyaha cusub ee xisbiga Waddani?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
8. "Somaliland: The Strains of Success | Crisis Group". www.crisisgroup.org. 5 October 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
9. "Somaliland: Hersi Ali Hassan Elected Waddani Party Chairman". www.horndiplomat.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
10. "Buugga Miyiga Ilaa Madaxtooyada: Yaa Ka Dambeeya Xatooyada Lagula Kacay Buugga iyo Wax Ka Bedelka Lagu Sameeyey? Muxuu Se Salka Ku Haya Dagaalkani?". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
11. Adan, Yasin (21 February 2020). "Khudabdii hogaamiye xirsi iyo Buugi Hodanka baahan iyo Himiladayda". Retrieved 7 June 2023.