Puntland leader Said Abdullahi Deni named a 21-member cabinet late on Wednesday, appointing the son of a former state president as the regional minister for environment.
Deni was elected by local parliamentarians last month for a second term as the leader of the semiautonomous state.
Like the rest of Somalia, Puntland holds indirect elections where clan elders elect members of parliament who in turn vote for the president.
Deni, a former federal planning minister, first became Puntland’s president in 2019 and unsuccessfully ran for federal president in 2022.
His newest cabinet includes Mohamed Farole, son of a former Puntland president, as the state’s environment and climate change minister.
Full list of ministers
Here is a full list of Puntland’s cabinet, including three women:
1. Mohamed Abdiwahab Ahmed – Justice and Religious Affairs Minister
2. Ibrahim Artan Ismail Haji Bakiin – Security Minister
3. Abdi Farah Said Juha – Interior and Federal Affairs Minister
4. Mohamed Farah Mohamud – Finance Minister
5. Daud Mohamed Omar – Planning Minister
6. Fuad Abshir Ahmed Adeer – Education Minister
7. Said Jama Ali (Qoorsheel) – Health Minister
8. Farah Awad Jama – Transport and Public Works Minister
9. Shakir Mohamed Guled – Ports Minister
10. Abdullahi Bile Noor – Aviation Minister
11. Maryan Ahmed Ali – Women Affairs Minister
12. Mohamud Aidid Dirir – Information Minister
13. Ahmed Shire Said – Trade and Industry Minister
14. Omar Abdisamad Yusuf Dhuh – Minister for Livestock
15. Mohamed Abdirahman Farole – Environment and Climate Change Minister
16. Abdirisaq Abdullahi Hagaa – Fisheries Minister
17. Ahmed Abdulle Habarwaa – Labour and Social Services Minister
18. Liban Muse Osman – Water and Mines Minister
19. Ubah Abdirashid Mohamed Hirsi – Disaster Management and Relief Minister
20. Mohmed Abdiqadir Salah – Agriculture Minister
21. Hodan Said Hasan – Youth and Sports Minister
