Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro)

Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (born 24 April 1956), colloquially known as Irro, is a Somalilander politician and diplomat who has served as the incumbent and sixth President of Somaliland since 12 December 2024.

Abdirahman served as speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives during most of the first elected parliament. He was announced as the presidential nominee in the 2024 Somaliland presidential election for the Waddani Party. He won the election and took office that year.

During his term, Israel became the first country to recognize Somaliland.

== Career ==

=== Early career ===

Professionally, Abdirahman worked at the Settlement Development Agency (Dan-wadaagaha) in different parts of Somalia. From 1981, he took on a position in the foreign service of the Somali Democratic Republic. Abdirahman also served in the Somali Embassy as the first consular in Moscow, which covered the entire Soviet Union. In 1991, he was re-appointed as Somalia's acting Ambassador to the Soviet Union. In this capacity, Abdirahman assisted the many Somali expatriates who had left Somalia following outbreak of the civil war. He later relocated to Finland in 1995 to join his family, who had moved there...