Somalilandsun: The chairman of the Somaliland ruling WADANI party, Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan, today held a meeting with some of the Economic Committee of the women’s wing of the Wadani party in the state of Minnesota.
This was revealed by the Wadani party via its official X account @wadaniP
https://x.com/WaddaniP/status/1864256368347165085?t=ZoXY4Fm_6fGF1g_ZjgTfoQ&s=19
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]
