Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Rayale Kahin ضاهر ريالي كاهن
President of Somaliland
In office 3 May 2002 – 27 July 2010
Vice President	Ahmed Yusuf Yasin
Preceded by	Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Succeeded by	Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo
Personal details
Born	12 March 1952 (1952-03-12) (age 59) Quljeed, British Somaliland (now Somalia)
Political party	United Peoples' Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Huda Barkhad
Religion	Sunni Islam

Dahir Rayale Kahin (Somali: Dahir Rayale Kahin, Arabic: ضاهر ريالي كاهن‎) (born 12 March 1952) was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia.^[1][2] He became the third president of Somaliland on May 3, 2002, after the death of Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. He won elections on April 14, 2003, representing the Ururka Dimuqraadiga Umada Bahawday (UDUB), or United Democratic People's Party, and was sworn into office on May 16, 2003.

Background

Kahin was born in the town of Quljeed in the northwestern Awdal region of British Somaliland. He was educated in Amoud, and was later trained in Mogadishu.

Kahin's previous posts included a diplomatic position at the Somali Embassy in Djibouti, intelligence in the government of former president Mohamed Siad Barre, a stint as governor of Awdal and as a businessman, and a term as vice president of Somaliland (1997–2002).

Service in the Barre government

In the last years of the Barre government, during the 1980s, Kahin was the highest-ranking National Security Service (NSS) officer in Berbera.^[3]

In 2003, Kahin became the first elected President of Somaliland.

References

1. ^ The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic: "The Somali Republic shall have the following boundaries. (a) North; Gulf of Aden. (b) North West; Djibouti. (c) West; Ethiopia. (d) South south-west; Kenya. (e) East; Indian Ocean."
2. ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Somalia
3. ^ Human Rights Watch (Organization), Chris Albin-Lackey, Hostages to peace: threats to human rights and democracy in Somaliland, (Human Rights Watch: 2009), p.13.

External links

• (Brief history of Somaliland)
• [1] (Somalilandnet.com)
• [2] (Somaliland.org)
• [3] (Somalilandtimes.net)
• [4] (waayaha.net)

Political offices
Preceded by Abdirahman Aw Ali Farah	Vice President of Somaliland 1997–2002	Succeeded by Ahmed Yusuf Yasin
Preceded by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal	President of Somaliland 2002–2010	Succeeded by Ahmed Mahamoud Silanyo

Persondata
Name	Kahin, Dahir Rayale
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Short description
Date of birth	12 March 1952
Place of birth	Quljeed, British Somaliland (now Somalia)
Date of death
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