Somali politician
Faysal Ali Warabe
(
fah-
EE
-s?l
AH
-lee w?-
RAH
-bee
;
Somali
:
Faysal Cali Waraabe
,
Arabic
:
???? ??? ?????
; born 1948), also spelled
Faisal Ali Warabe
, is a
Somalilander
engineer and politician. He previously served as Director of Planning and Building as well as Regional Director of
Somalia
's Ministry of Public Works. Additionally, Warabe is the founder and chairman of the
Justice and Welfare Party
(UCID).
Life and education
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Warabe was born in 1948 in
Hargeisa
,
British Somaliland
. He hails from the
Eidagale
clan of the Isaaq clan family
[1]
. Members are decent with
Ismail
(Garhajis) Shiekh Ishaq. Faysal Ali completed his primary, Intermediate and Secondary education in
Somaliland
.For his post-secondary education, Waraabe studied at
Somali National University
where he learned courses in teacher training, Warabe studied in the
Soviet Union
. He earned an M. Sc. in
Engineering
in 1973 from an institution in
Leningrad
.
[2]
Between 1997 and 2001, Warabe also matriculated at the
University of Helsinki
's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he attended courses in the Social Policy Department. He later moved to
Espoo
.
[2]
Warabe is married. He speaks several languages, including
Somali
,
Arabic
,
English
,
Russian
and
Finnish
.
[2]
Warabe received Finnish citizenship in 1999.
[3]
Son's death
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Warabe's son Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali Warabe (born 1991) died on 29 December 2017 in
Syria
. Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali,
[4]
who had Finnish citizenship and who was also known as Abu Shuayb as-Somali (from Finland), had traveled from Finland to Syria in early 2013 to become a
jihadi
fighter, first joining
al-Nusra
and later
ISIS
. His cousin, Abu Mansuur Somali, also left
Leppavaara
for Syria and it is believed the two became radicalised together. Faysal Ali, who had warned Finnish authorities about his son, believes Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali was killed in an airstrike.
[5]
Career
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An engineer by profession, Warabe began his career as the president of AYAAN, a local Somali construction company. He later worked as a Chief Engineer in
Mogadishu
.
[2]
Warabe subsequently served with the Somalia central government as the Director of Planning and Building in the Ministry of Public Works. He was later appointed the Ministry's Regional Director.
[2]
In 2001, Warabe founded the
Justice and Welfare Party
(UCID) in
Somaliland
. Serving as the political association's Chairman, UCID came in third place in the 2003 regional elections, receiving 16% of votes.
[1]
Work
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- Main offices
- Regional Director, Ministry of Public Works, Somalia
- Director of Planning & Building, Ministry of Public Works
- Chief Engineer, Mogadishu, Somalia
- President of AYAAN construction company
- Other positions held
- Chairman of Somaliland Society in Europe (2001)
- Chairman of Somali Social Democrats Party (2001)
- Chairman of Somaliland Association in Finland (1998-2001)
- Chairman of Somali Social Democrats Party (1997)
- Other activities
- Spokesman for Somaliland Peace Committee, 1995
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