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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Somali: Shariif Sheekh Axmed, Arabic: شريف شيخ أحمد; born 25 July 1964) is a Somali politician who was the 7th President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012. From 2004 to 2007, he led the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), subsequently assuming leadership of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) until late 2008.
Feb 19, 2017 · The then-president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, came to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, and Mohamed, via friends of friends, arranged a meeting. According to...
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Presidency of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Sharif Sheikh Ahmed' s tenure as the 7th President of Somalia began with his inauguration on 31 January 2009 and ended on 20 August, 2012. His administration successfully brought the Federal Government of Somalia through transitional status following the collapse of the previous governing administration in 1991.
Feb 3, 2009 · Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed came to prominence as one of the leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts, which controlled most of southern Somalia for six months in 2006. He...
May 10, 2007 · 182K views 17 years ago. As part of Al Jazeera English's Talk to Jazeera series Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a leader of Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts, discusses the group's hopes for...
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H.E. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the former President of Somalia. The Sheikh was born in 1964 in the Southern Middle Shabelle Region, where he acquired the knowledge of Islamic teachings, Arabic and a memorization of the Qur’an as child.
A televised address by Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, chairman of the Supreme Council and the most moderate and respected of the ICU leadership, wearing a military style outfit and holding an AK-47, broke the news of Jihad to Somalia. In a much more low profile move Hassan Aweys, the Shura Council chairman, took it a step further and called for all ...
