Mohammed Ali Samantar

Background

Samantar, Mohammed Ali was born in 1931 in Chisimaio, Somalia.

Education

Student, Military Academy Rome, Military Academy Moscow.

Career

Commandant Somali Police, 1956. Major-adjunct Somalian Armed Forces, 1958-1965. Brig.-general National Army Somalia, 1967, major-general, 1973.

Vice president Supreme Revolutionary Council, 1971-1976. Secretary state for defense Somalia, 1971-1976. Commander-in-chief Somalian Armed Forces, 1971-1978.

Former vice president political bureau Somali Socialist Revolutionary Party. Minister defense, 1976-1981, from 82. Chair defense and security committee Supreme Council of the Revolution, 1980-1982, vice president, 1981-1982.

Prime minister Somalia, 1987-1990.

Achievements

• Mohammed Ali Samantar has been listed as a noteworthy prime minister Somalia by Marquis Who's Who.