Abdirahman Farole
Abdirahman Farole | |
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Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Faroole عبدالرحمن محمد محمود فارولي | |
| Somali Senator | |
| Assumed office 8 January 2017 | |
| Constituency | Nugaal, Puntland |
| 4th President of Puntland | |
| In office 8 January 2009 – 8 January 2014 | |
| Vice President | Abdisamad Ali Shire |
| Preceded by | Mohamud Muse Hersi Adde |
| Succeeded by | Abdiweli Mohamed Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Party | Horseed |
| Alma mater | |
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Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamoud Farole (Somali: Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Maxamuud Faroole; Arabic: عبدالرحمن محمد محمود فارولي; born 1945) is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s and later as the Minister of Finance of the autonomous Puntland region in the northeast. From 8 January 2009 to 8 January 2014, Farole was also the President of Puntland. Farole's multipronged efforts at creating provisions and collaboration with international policies and organizations resulted in a drastic decrease in piracy along the Marinka Gardafuul (Guardafui Channel).