Hamza Abdi Barre | |
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Xamse Cabdi Barre حمزة عبد بري | |
![]() Barre in 2022 | |
21st Prime Minister of Somalia | |
Assumed office 26 June 2022 | |
President | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Deputy | Salah Jama |
Preceded by | Mohamed Hussein Roble |
Member of the House of the People | |
Assumed office 28 December 2021 | |
Constituency | Afmadow, Afmadow District, Lower Juba |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 or 1973 (age 51–52)[1] Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somali Democratic Republic[2] |
Political party | Union for Peace and Development Party (UPD) |
Children | 8 |
Residence(s) | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Education | Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree |
Hamza Abdi Barre (Somali: Xamse Cabdi Barre, Arabic: حمزة عبد بري) is a Somali politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. He was nominated on 15 June 2022, by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud,[3] and he was endorsed by parliament on 25 June 2022 (229 in favour, 7 opposed, 1 abstention).[4] Hamza is also a parliamentarian elected to the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia on 28 December 2021, representing the Afmadow constituency of Middle Juba.[5]
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