Mohamoud Hashi Abdi
Mohamoud Hashi Abdi محمود حاشي عبدي | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman of Kaah | |
| Assumed office 21 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | "Position established" |
| Minister of Presidency | |
| In office 28 October 2015 – 14 December 2017 | |
| President | Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud |
| Preceded by | Hersi Ali Haji |
| Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
| Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport | |
| In office 27 July 2010 – 28 October 2015 | |
| President | Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud |
| Preceded by | Ali Mohamed Warancadde |
| Succeeded by | Farhan Adan Haibe |
| Mayor of Burao | |
| In office 18 May 1991 – 2002 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohamoud Hassan Dhagalab |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Somalilander |
| Party | Kaah Alliance for Equality and Development |
| Other political affiliations | Peace, Unity, and Development (2002–2022)[1][2] |
Mohamoud Hashi Abdi (Somali: Maxamuud Xaashi Cabdi), commonly known as Ina Xaashi, is a Somaliland politician, who served as the Minister of Civil Aviation and Air Transport of Somaliland from July 2010 to October 2015. In October 2015, after the resignation of several cabinet ministers, he was appointed as Minister of Presidency by then president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Siilaanyo).[3][4][5][6] He also served as the Mayor of Burao from 1991 to 2002.[7]
Biography
[edit]Mohamoud Hashi is from the Habr Je'lo clan.[8]
Mayor of Burao
[edit]In early 1991, after the Somali National Movement (SNM) had taken control of Somaliland, Mohamoud Hashi returned from Ethiopia and was appointed mayor of Burao, a town then marked by war damage, with destroyed houses and public buildings, water pipes pulled from the ground, graves marked only by piles of stones, and areas suspected of being mined.[9]
Aviation Minister
[edit]In July 2010, the newly elected president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" announced his cabinet appointments and named Mohamoud Hashi as minister of civil aviation.[10]
In January 2013, Somaliland's minister of civil aviation, Mohamoud Hashi, presented a new bill on airport service fees to the House of Representatives. The proposal, which would have allowed the civil aviation ministry rather than the finance ministry to collect a relatively high charge from passengers, was strongly opposed by MP Baar Siciid and other legislators on the grounds that it risked mismanagement and possible corruption and placed an excessive burden on travellers.[11]
In July 2014, after the Federal Government of Somalia asserted that it would assume full control of Somaliland’s airspace and refused to recognise Somaliland’s own air traffic management, Somaliland’s minister of civil aviation, Mohamoud Hashi, declared that the talks had collapsed.[12]
Presidency Minister
[edit]In October 2015, President Silanyo announced replacements for ministers who had resigned the previous day, moving Mohamoud Hashi from Minister of Civil Aviation to Minister of the Presidency and reassigning Osman Abdilahi Sahardiid from Deputy Minister of Finance to Minister of Civil Aviation.[13] His predecessor as minister of the presidency was Hersi Ali Haji Hassan.[14]
In September 2016, in connection with clashes among Musa Abokor (Habr Je'lo/Isaaq) clans near Dararweyne in the Sanaag region, a youth group from Musa Abokor accused presidential affairs minister Mohamoud Hashi of exacerbating the conflict by supplying arms and inciting the fighting.[15]
In March 2017, the Somaliland media outlet Berbera Today, quoting Hangoolnews, reported allegations that Mohamoud Hashi effectively controlled around US$15 million in Kuwaiti aid intended for the upgrading of Hargeisa airport, that Hargeisa airport service charges were being used at the discretion of the civil aviation ministry rather than through formal mechanisms and the finance ministry, that accounting for staff payments, subsidies and equipment purchases at the airport was opaque, that the Berbera port development deal with the UAE-based company DP World lacked transparency in its negotiations and revenue-sharing arrangements, that high-value properties he was said to own in Hargeisa and abroad might derive from improper use of public office, and that funds for water, infrastructure, equipment and road projects may have been spent without proper accounting or audit controls.[16]
In December 2017, a fire broke out at Mohamoud Hashi’s residence in Hargeisa, burning the living room of a house with eleven rooms while the remaining rooms were preserved by firefighters.[17]
In mid December 2017, Muse Bihi Abdi, who became the new president, announced his cabinet appointments, but no minister for the presidential office was appointed. Mohamoud Hashi was not appointed to any ministerial position. [18]
Former Presidency Minister
[edit]In September 2018, amid a dispute over a house believed to be government property that Mohamoud Hashi had refurbished, officials from Somaliland’s Ministry of Public Works sought to register the property in the state land registry but were forcibly prevented from doing so by Hashi’s security guards.[19]
In 2018, a former Presidential Minister, Hersi Ali Haji Hassan published his memoir Miyiga ilaa madaxtooyada : socdaalkaygii guusha (From bush to the presidential palace : the journey of my success).[20] Responding to passages in the book which claimed that President Silanyo had suffered deteriorating health and diminished judgement towards the end of his term, in November 2018, Mohamoud Hashi rejected the allegation, insisting that Silanyo's physical condition and mental acuity had remained sound and arguing that, had the president not been healthy, he could not have governed the country effectively or achieved its successes.[14]
In November 2018, the secretary for internal affairs of the opposition UCID party sharply criticized former ministers of the presidency Hersi Ali Haji Hassan and Mohamoud Hashi, accusing them of exaggerating the achievements of the Silanyo administration and boasting about their own roles, and arguing that rather than appearing before the public they ought to have left the country altogether.[21]
In September 2020, Mohamoud Hashi accused President and Kulmiye chairman Muse Bihi Abdi of breaking his pledge to relinquish the party leadership after winning the presidential election.[22]
For three days starting 4 October 2020, the ruling Kulmiye party held a congress at which it expelled several former senior government officials, including Mohamoud Hashi, from the party. However, the reasons for the expulsions were not made public.[23][24]
Chairman of Kaah party
[edit]On 21 July 2022, Mohamoud Hashi and other politicians established a new political association in Somaliland called Kaah.[25] Mohamoud Hashi was selected as the temporary chairman.[26] He subsequently became the official chairman.[27]
On 9 January 2025, Kaah was confirmed as one of Somaliland’s three official political parties, and Mohamoud Hashi, together with the leaders of the other two parties, made remarks praising the democratic maturity of the population and the emergence of a three-party system less marked by clan divisions.[28] The leaders of these three parties all came from the Habr Je'lo clan.[29]
In August 2025, after the establishment of a Northeastern Administration was proclaimed in Las Anod—a city that had been under de facto Somaliland control until 2023—and was recognised by the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamoud Hashi warned that Somaliland would respond through political means by working to remove the Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, from power.[30]
See also
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References
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- ^ https://horntribune.com/2022/07/23/seasonal-politician-mohamud-hashi-establishes-kaah-political-organization/
- ^ "Somaliland Civil Aviation Minister meets Ethiopian counterpart". Qurbejoog. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Somaliland:Presidency minister meets with Denmark Ambassador Mette Knudsen". Horn Diplomat. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Somaliland lifts its ban on UN flights to Hargeisa". Relief Web. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Somaliland:State sternly warns perpetrators of recurrent El-Afweyne Skirmishes". Horn Diplomat. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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- ^ "Violation Of The North (Somaliland)". New African (via Saxafi Media). New African. May 1991. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ "Madaxweyne Siilaanyo oo ku Dhawaaqay Xukuumad Cusub" [President Silanyo announces a new cabinet]. Hiiraan Online (in Somali). Hiiraan Online. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Xildhibaan Baar Siciid oo Dhaliishay xeer cusub oo ay sameysay Wasaaradda Duulista Hawadda Somaliland" [MP Baar Siciid criticizes a new bill drafted by the Somaliland Ministry of Civil Aviation]. Hiiraan Online (in Somali). Hiiraan Online. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Maamulka Somaliland oo sheegay inuu joojin doono heshiis uu la galay dowladda F.S" [Somaliland administration says it will halt an agreement it made with the federal government]. Goobjoog (in Somali). Goobjoog Media Group. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Siilaanyo oo wasiiro cusub soo magacaabay" [Silanyo appoints new ministers]. VOA Somali (in Somali). Voice of America. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ a b "Maxamuud Xaashi "Axmed Silaanyo muu ahayn maxbuus ay kawarmi karaan xaaladiisa koox kooban" [Maxamuud Hashi: Ahmed Silanyo was not a prisoner whose condition could be reported by a small group]. Hiiraan Online (in Somali). Hiiraan Online. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Maxamud Xaashi Waxa Aanu Unaqaanaa Hogaamiyaha Beenta Qarniga Ee Mushkilada Ah Qaranka Somaliland Iyo Gudoomiyaha Gudida Colaada Habar Jeclo – Afhayeenka Dhalinyarada Beesha Muuse Abokor" [We know Mohamoud Hashi as the leader of the lies of the century, the problem of the Somaliland state and the chairman of the Habar Je'lo conflict committee – spokesman of the Musa Abokor youth]. Berbera Today (in Somali). Berbera Today. 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ "Akhriso: Wasiir Maxamuud Xaashi Oo Noqdey Wasiirkii Ugu Musuq-Maasuqa Badnaa Ee Abid Soo Mara Somaliland Iyo Waxyaabaha Sababta U Ah" [Read: Minister Mohamoud Hashi becomes the most corrupt minister ever to serve Somaliland and the reasons for it]. Berbera Today (in Somali). Berbera Today. 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Taliyaha Ciidamada Dabdamiska Somaliland Sareeye Guuto Maxamed Sawaxili Oo Kawar Bixiyay Dabkii Qabsaday Guriga Wasiir Maxamud Xaashi Iyo Khasaaraha Ka Dhashay" [Somaliland fire brigade chief explains the fire at minister Mohamoud Hashi’s house and the damage caused]. Berbera Today (in Somali). Berberatoday.com. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Wasaaraddii "awoodda lahayd" oo laga tagay" [The "powerful" ministry that was left out]. BBC News Somali (in Somali). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Wasiirkii hore ee Madaxtooyadda Maxamud Xaashi Cabdi oo shaqaalaha wasaarada hawlaha guud ka hor joogsaday in ay diiwaan geliyaan guri uu dawladda kaga jiro" [Former minister of the presidency Mohamoud Hashi prevents public works staff from registering a house belonging to the state]. Berbera Today (in Somali). Berbera Today. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ Haji Hassan, Hersi Ali (2018). Miyiga ilaa madaxtooyada : socdaalkaygii guusha : From bush to the presidential palace : the journey of my success. [WorldCat record]. ISBN 9780359153923. OCLC 1122931368. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Ramaax oo eeddo u jeediyay labadii wasiir madaxtooyo ee isaga dambeeyay xukuumadii Silanyo" [Ramaax levels accusations against the two presidency ministers of the late Silanyo administration]. Geeska (in Somali). Geeska Media. 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Veteran politician accuses president of hijacking Kulmiye". Somaliland Standard. Somaliland Standard. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Somaliland: Ruling Party Kulmiye Expels high ranking officials from the party in latest Purge". Somaliland Standard. Somaliland Standard. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Maxamuud Xaashi oo laga saaray xubinimadii xisbigga KULMIYE" [Maxamuud Hashi expelled from membership of the Kulmiye party]. Haatuf Online (in Somali). Haatuf Media Network. 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Somaliland: KAAH Political Association The first Political Association of its scope established in Hargeisa". Horn Diplomat. Horn Diplomat. 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Ex-presidential affairs minister establishes Kaah political organization". Somaliland Standard. Somaliland Standard. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ https://hadhwanaagnews.ca/articles/34509/Gudoomiyaha-Ururka-Kaah-Maxamuud-Xaashi-Oo-Xilal-U-Magacaabay-9-Xildhibaan
- ^ "Xisbiyada Waddani, Kulmiye iyo Kaah oo Shahaadadda Xisbinimo Guddoomay" [The parties Waddani, Kulmiye and Kaah receive their party registration certificates]. Wargeyska Dawan (in Somali). Wargeyska Dawan. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Somaliland's Peaceful Handover Withstands Neighbourhood Strains". International Crisis Group. International Crisis Group. 2024-12-11. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ "Somaliland oo ku goodisey inay xilka dhaafinayso MW Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud" [Somaliland threatens to unseat President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]. Horseed Media (in Somali). Horseed Media Ltd. 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2026-01-17.