Abdi Hasan Awale
Abdi Hasan Awale | |
|---|---|
Awale in 2019 | |
| 3rd President of Galmudug | |
| In office 1 August 2012 – 23 July 2015 | |
| Vice President | Abdisamad Nuur Gulled |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Ahmed Alin |
| Succeeded by | Abdikarim Hussein Guled |
| Chief of police of Mogadishu | |
| In office 12 November 2001 – 8 December 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Abshir Farah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) |
| Political party | Independent |
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. His home hosted the 12 July 1993 conference that was the target of the Bloody Monday raid. He later served as police chief for both the national and the Mogadishu forces. During the mid-2000s 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.
In 2012, he was elected President of Galmudug state, holding office until 2015.