Abdi_Hasan_Awale
Abdi Hasan Awale
Somali politician
Abdi Hasan Awale or Abdi Qeybdiid (Somali: Cabdi Xasan Cawaale (Qeybdiid), Arabic: عبدي حسن عوالي قيبديد; born 1948) is a Somali politician.
Qeybdiid was a high ranking member of the Somali National Alliance during the 1990s. He later served as police chief for both the National and the Mogadishu forces.[2] In 2006 he was a leading figure in the CIA backed Somali Warlord Alliance fighting the Islamic Courts, transitioning during the Ethiopian military occupation the following year to Commissioner of Police for the Transitional Federal Government.[3]
In 2012 he was elected President of Galmudug state, holding office until 2015.