Abdiweli Mohamed Ali

Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas (Somali: Cabdiweli Maxamad Cali Gaas pronounced [ʕabdiweli maħamad ʕali gaːs]; Arabic: عبدالولي محمد علي گاس‎; ), also more known as Abdiweli Gaas, is a Somali American economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from June 2011 to October 2012, and briefly afterwards as an MP in the newly formed Federal Parliament. During his time as premier, Ali is credited with having devised the formal "Roadmap for the End of Transition", a political process that provided clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in the country. On 8 January 2014, he was elected the 5th President of the Puntland.

During his tenure as the state's President, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas launched a new biometric fishery database, strengthened bilateral cooperation with the European Union in the security and development sectors, initiated taxation reform with regard to international organizations working in Puntland, established a new mutual consulate agreement with Yemen, finalized a five-year development plan for Puntland, strengthened bilateral cooperation with the United Arab Emirates and Australia, launched new road, airport...