Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: عبدالولي الشيخ أحمد; born 1959), also known as Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad, is a Somali economist and politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from December 2013 to December 2014. He has also held senior positions with various international organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, African Union/IBAR, the European Union, the Bank of Canada, COMESA, and the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah.

During his tenure as prime minister, he enacted several domestic reforms as part of the local post-conflict development process. Among these initiatives were the development of a Work Plan within the framework of Vision 2016 and in line with the New Deal Compact and the Peace and Stabilisation Goals. He also established a new security task force and committees, approved a new Anti-terrorism law, initiated stabilization efforts in liberated areas, launched national reconciliation talks, established new educational and training institutions in Mogadishu, conducted a Population Estimation Survey for Somalia (PESS) in conjunction with the federal Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, enacted a new Media...