Ahmed Ibrahim Artan so, Ahmed Ibrahim Cartan ; ar, أحمد ابراهيم عرتن) is a Somali diplomat, author and currently Minister of Security of Puntland.. He is the former Labourers and Youth adviser to the Somali president.

Personal life

Ahmed is originally from the autonomous

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

region in northeastern Somalia. He was born in the coastal town of Kandala, situated in the northeastern Bari region of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. Ahmed from upper-class life, his father was one of the Somali millionaires from 1960s to 1991. His father

Ibrahim Artan Ismail Ibrahim Artan Ismail "Haaji Bakiin" ( so, Ibraahiim Cartan Ismacil, ar, ابراهيم ارتان اسماعيل) is a Somali politician. He previously served as the Minister of Security of Puntland. Career Nicknamed "Haaji Bakiin" (Xaaji Bakiin ...

, nicknamed "Haaji Bakiin", served as minister of interior and security of Puntland.

Education

For his secondary education, Ahmed attended a local school in Bosaso, Somalia. Between 2000 and 2004, he completed a

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

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from the a local University at Bosaso, Somalia in

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. He followed that in 2009 with a

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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from the

Kenyatta University Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi County, Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of ...

Career

In an administrative capacity, Ahmed worked at the adviser of the Somali president.

References

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