Ahmed Ibrahim Artan ; ) 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 is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...

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

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region of

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. 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" (, ) is a Somali politician. He previously served as the Minister of Security of Puntland. Career Nicknamed "Haaji Bakiin" (Xaaji Bakiin), Ismail hails from the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somal ...

, 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

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from the a local University at Bosaso, Somalia in

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. He followed that in 2009 with a

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from the

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Career

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Artan, Ahmed Ibrahim Living people Somalian diplomats Somalian writers Puntland politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Kenyatta University alumni