Dahir Riyale Kahin

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Dahir Rayale Kahin
3rd President of Somaliland
In office May 3, 2002 – Present
Vice President	Ahmed Yusuf Yasin
Preceded by	Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Born	1952 Quljeed, Awdal, British Somaliland
Nationality	British, Somalilander
Political party	UDUB
Spouse	Huda Barkhad
Profession	Politician
Religion	Sunni Islam

Dahir Rayale Kahin (Somali: Daahir Rayaale Kaahin, born 1952) is the President of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. He became the third president of Somaliland on May 5, 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.

Contents 1 Background 2 Service in the Barré government 3 Attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

He was born at Quljeed, Awdal and was trained in Mogadishu. He comes from the Reer Dudub (Meccador) Clan of the Gadabursi tribe . His previous posts include a diplomat at the Somali Embassy in Djibouti; he was also in intelligence; governor of Awdal; a businessman; and vice president of Somaliland (1997 - 2002).

[edit] Service in the Barré government

In the last years of the Barré government, Kahin held the rank of Sergeant in the National Security Service, and served as the NSS station chief in Berbera. During this time the NSS has been identified by many sources (U.S. Department of State, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Africa watch) as having been involved in torture and extrajudicial killings of civilians on a massive scale, particularly during the war in Northern Somalia from May 1988 through the end of 1989. Sergeant Kahin was charged with suppression of the Somali National Movement.^[1]

[edit] Attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007

President Kahin led a delegation to take up an invitation to the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala, Uganda. It could be a good sign that Somaliland will be on the way towards getting both full recognition and full membership as a Commonwealth republic.

[edit] References

1. ^ Africa News, May 7, 2004/Addis Tribune

[edit] External links

• (Brief history of Somaliland)

Presidents of Somaliland
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tour | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | Dahir Riyale Kahin

Preceded by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal

President of Somaliland 2002–

Succeeded by Incumbent