After more than 15 hours of what seemed to be the ‘last and the most prolonged’ consultations at the presidential palace in Mogadishu, the prime minister of the federal government of Somalia Abdiweli Sheik Ahmed has disclosed his cabinet which is three times more than the ousted government of Abdi Farah Shirdon.
The new cabinet which is composed of 25 ministers, 25 deputy ministers and 5 state ministers has just been displayed by the Prime minister Abdiweli Sheik Ahmed during a ceremony at the presidential palace.
“Since the Somali president appointed me as the prime minister of the federal government of Somalia on 12th of December 2013, you have been waiting from me to unveil my cabinet—I took such long time as I have been making consultations in a bid to be able to present qualified cabined who are capable of doing the giant tasks ahead of us” the Somali Prime minister told the ceremony before announcing the names of his cabinet members.
Some key figures of the former government like the foreign minister and deputy Prime Minister Fawsia Yusuf Hajji, the minister for civil service development Mariam Qasim and the former defence minister Abdulhakim Mahmud Haji have not been included into the new cabinet while some others changes positions.
Former minister of interior and national security Abdulkarim Hussein Guled who is currently in Turkey for Somalia-Somaliland talks is now appointed as the minister of national security, while Abdullahi Godah Barre is the new the minister of Interior and Federalism.
Mustafa Sheik Ali Dhuhulow has been appointed as the minister of information, whilst Mayor of Somali capital Mahmoud Ahmed Nur becomes the deputy minister for youth and sports.
“Here is the complete list of my new cabined and I request the Somali parliament to endorse” the Prime minister said at the end of his cabinet announcement. The president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheik Mahmoud and the parliament speaker didn’t attend the cabinet announcement ceremony.
Hiiraan Online English News Desk
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