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Mohamoud Dirir Gheddi
Ethiopian politician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohamoud Dirir Gheddi is an Ethiopian politician. He was chairman of the Somali Democratic Party and served as the Minister of Mining under the Meles Zenawi administration.[1][2]
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Early life
Mohamoud was born in Dire Dawa in 1959. In 1976 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Damascus University and subsequently joined the rebel group; Western Somali Liberation Front in the same year. For three years beginning in 1983 he taught in Hargeisa, Somalia.[3]
Career
In 1993 Mohamoud would become president of the Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front.[4] He would later serve as chairman of the Somali Democratic Party (SDP) and in 1995 was elected MP for the SDP to the House of Peoples' Representatives.[5][6]
Personal life
He hails from the Somali Issa clan. Mohamoud is a polyglot who can speak six languages; Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Harari, English, and Arabic. His hobbies include; writing and painting.[8]
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