Ahmed Farah Dualeh

Ahmed Farah Dualeh (Somali: Axmed Faarax Ducaale, Arabic: أحمد فرح دعاله; b. 1946) is a Somali-Danish community worker and politician.

Early life

Dualeh was born in 1946 in Ethiopia to a nomadic Somali family, who eventually ended up in the Italian-controlled Trust Territory of Somaliland. He was adopted by an Italian family whilst that portion of Somalia was under Italian administration.[1]

In 1967, he received a scholarship to study at a maritime school in Esbjerg, Denmark, after which he attended the Navigation school [da] in Copenhagen. In 1973, he began working for the shipping company A.P. Møller–Mærsk. He later moved to Aalborg and became a captain with Aalborg Portland.[2] He also studied Law and Business administration, graduating with an MBA.

Additionally, Dualeh served as a representative for the Somali community in Scandinavia. He helped immigrant families adapt to their new surroundings in various cities and towns in the larger region.

Return to Somalia

See also: Præsidenten fra Nordvest

In 2012, as the Somali civil war continued, Dualeh was named by a group of Somali exiles as the president of Jubaland, consisting of the regions of Gedo, Middle Jubba and lower Jubba in southern Somalia.[1] Dualeh's claim to the presidency was one of several made in the region at the time.[3] Dualeh's attempts over four years to serve as president of the region were documented in the 2017 Danish film Præsidenten fra Nordvest (President from the Northwest).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ladegaard, Lotte (2019-09-18). "Man har pligt til at gøre noget for andre" [You have a duty to do something for others]. POV International [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ a b Birk, Christian (2017-12-08). "Somalisk ekspræsident i Københavns nordvestkvarter: Verden skal kende mit navn" [Somali ex-president in Copenhagen's northwest quarter: The world must know my name]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ Roble, Muhyadin Ahmed; Askar, Mohamed (2012-05-04). "A War in Waiting: Somalia's Disintegration into Mini-States". SomaliaReport. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2024-06-12.