MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Somaliland is in mourning following the loss of life of former President Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo on Friday, who led the self-declared republic from 2010 to 2017 after successful a well-liked election, because the area’s electoral authorities proceed the painstaking means of counting ballots from the November 13 elections.
Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi visited the residence of the late former chief shortly after his loss of life was introduced on state tv, providing condolences to the household and family members of the breakaway area’s fourth head of state.
Silanyo, whose political profession started within the early Nineteen Seventies when he was appointed Minister of Planning underneath the navy regime of Siad Barre, later led the area’s armed resistance in opposition to the regime within the Nineteen Eighties, a wrestle that in the end contributed to the overthrow of the junta; he additionally performed a pivotal function in Somaliland’s secession, serving as a key minister within the authorities of the late President Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal throughout its childhood.
Remembered as a staunch opponent of reunification with Somalia, Silanyo was nonetheless a pragmatist who believed that Somalis within the north and south might coexist peacefully, setting apart political variations whereas residing as residents of two separate nations.
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