Role Politician | Name Faysal Warabe Religion Islam | |
Party For Justice and Development | ||
Children Sayid Hussein Feisal Ali | ||
Daawo wareysiga injineer faisal cali waraabe iyo barlamaanka somalia oo somalianders kabuuxaan
Faysal Ali Warabe ( ; Somali: Faysal Cali Waraabe, Arabic: فيصل علي ورابي; born 1948), also spelled Faisal Ali Warabe, is a Somali engineer and politician. He previously served as Director of Planning and Building as well as Regional Director of Somalia's Ministry of Public Works. Additionally, Warabe is the founder and Chairman of the For Justice and Development (UCID) political party.
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- Daawo wareysiga injineer faisal cali waraabe iyo barlamaanka somalia oo somalianders kabuuxaan
- Faysal ali warabe dadku ha midoobaan
- Personal life
- Education
- Career
- Work
- References
Faysal ali warabe dadku ha midoobaan
Personal life
Warabe was born in 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland. He hails from the Ciidagale, Garxajis sub-clan of the Isaaq.
Warabe is married. He speaks several languages, including Somali, Arabic, English, Russian and Finnish. Warabe received Finnish citizenship in 1999.
Education
For his post-secondary education, Warabe studied in Soviet Union. He earned an M. Sc. in Engineering in 1973 from an institution in Leningrad.
Between 1997 and 2001, Warabe also matriculated at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he attended courses in the Social Policy Department. He later moved to Espoo.
Career
An engineer by profession, Warabe began his career as the president of AYAAN, a local Somali construction company. He later worked as a Chief Engineer in Mogadishu.
Warabe subsequently served with the Somali central government as the Director of Planning and Building in the Ministry of Public Works. He was later appointed the Ministry's Regional Director.
In 2001, Warabe founded the For Justice and Development (UCID) in Somaliland. Serving as the political association's Chairman, UCID came in third place in the 2003 regional elections, receiving 16% of votes.