Abdirisaq Ibrahim Abdi nicknamed Hero () is a

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politician, and the current

Mayor of Burao The Mayor of Burao City is head of the executive branch of Burao, Burao City, the largest city in Togdheer Region of Somaliland. The current mayor is Mohamed Hersi Ahmed (Wa'ays), who was elected on 16 December 2023. List of mayors See also ...

, the capital and the largest city of

Togdheer Togdheer (, ) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Sahil, Somaliland, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool, Somalia ...

region of

since 20 June 2021. He succeeded

Mohamed Yusuf Abdirahman Mohamed Yusuf Abdirahman () also known as Murad is a Somali politician, and the longest serving Mayor of Burao, the capital and the largest city of Togdheer region of Somaliland, serving from 2012 to 2021. He belongs to the Reer Biniin, Ahmed Fa ...

on 20 June 2021 after the

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. On 16 December 2023, he was succeeded by

Mohamed Hersi Ahmed Mohamed Hersi Ahmed (, ) also known as Mohamed 'Ase () is a Swedish-Somaliland politician and the current Mayor of Burao, Somaliland Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an List of states with limited recognition, unrecogni ...

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