Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Riyale Kahin ( Somali: Daahir Riyaale Kaahin, and therefore Rayaleh Kahin written ) (* 1952 in Qulunjed, Awdal, Somalia ) was 2002-2010 President of the de facto independent, internationally unrecognized Somaliland.

Life

Dahir Riyale Kahin was born in 1952 as a member of Gadabursi -Dir clans in Qulunjed, Awdal in northern Somalia. He worked as a diplomat in neighboring Djibouti, as governor of Awdal and businessman. During the rule of Siad Barre, he was also in the National Security Agency, NSS, who was known for torture, "disappearances " and extrajudicial executions; while the clan of the Isaaq, which provides the majority of the population in northern Somalia / Somaliland, in the rebel movement Somali National Movement fought against the Barre government, the smaller communities of Gadabursi supported rather the government.

1997-2002 was Dahir Riyale Vice President Kahin of Somaliland.

After the death of President Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal on May 3, 2002, he took over in accordance with the Constitution of Somaliland on May 5, whose term of office. In the elections of 14 April 2003, he was confirmed as the candidate of the ruling party UDUB it. On 16 May the same year he made his oath of office.

As he described the priorities ensuring the security of Somaliland and commitment to its international recognition.

His tenure was depending on view April 14, 2008 ( five years after his election ) or on 15 May (measured at the date of his oath of office ) from. Originally, then presidential elections take place, but these were postponed due to delays in voter registration. In April 2008, Dahir Kahin Riyale an extension of the term left by the upper house of the Parliament approve. The two opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID accused him before then to delay the elections intentionally, and announced that they no longer recognize him after May 15 as president. Opinions were divided as a decree in which Kahin announced the creation of six new administrative regions and 16 districts; Critics accused him of changing the administrative boundaries specifically in his favor.

In the presidential elections that were finally held in 2010, Dahir Riyale Kahin received approximately 33 % of the votes, thus losing against Ahmed Mohammed Silanyo of the Kulmiye Mahamoud party. He accepted his defeat.

Swell

• President ( Somaliland )
• Born in 1952
• Man