Ismael Mohamoud Hurreh

Ismail Mahmoud Hurre (Somali: Ismaaciil Maxamuud Hurre, Arabic: اسماعيل محمود حر; 1943 – 5 April 2023), nicknamed Buubaa, was a Somali politician who served first Minister of Finance of Somaliland and twice as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

== Biography ==

=== Early life ===

Buubaa was born in 1943 in the Maygaagta area on the outskirts of Hargeisa and spent the first four years of his life in the Aware region of Ethiopia. He received his early education in Borama, attending Qur’an school from 1947 to 1948 and the town’s first primary school from 1948 to 1951. He later studied at Cammuud Intermediate School between 1951 and 1955, followed by two years at Sheikh Secondary School (1955–1957). Afterward, he briefly worked as a teacher at Awbarre Primary School (1957–1958) and took the GG secondary examination in 1959.

After completing middle school at Cammuud, he attended the Hargeisa Teachers’ Training College (TTC) for two years and, in parallel, pursued a UK high-school qualification by correspondence while in Hargeisa, sitting the examination in 1959.

In 1961, he traveled to the United States for higher education, earning his bachelor's...