Former President of Somali Ali Mahdi Muhammad had died in Nairobi. Sources have it that Mahdi may have died from Covid 19.
Mahdi served as Somali President from January 1991 to January 1997. He was designated President again in 1997 by the ‘Cairo Agreement’. He was succeeded by Abdikasim Salad Hassan who was elected in Djibouti in 2000.
On twitter, his demised was confirmed by former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
Waxaan murugada la qaybsanayaa guud ahaan shacbiga Soomaaliyeed anigoo uga tacsiyeynaya geerida Madaxweynihii hore Cali Mahdi Maxamed oo Nairobi ku geeriyoodey. Allaha u naxariisto samir & Iimaanna Allaha naga wada siiyo. pic.twitter.com/DB2ivqKoE1
— Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (@HESharifShAhmed) March 10, 2021
Embassy of Somali-USA also released a statement of condolence to the Somali people, family and friends of the late president.
On behalf of @SomaliainUSA & @AmbAliSharif1 offers his heartfelt condolences to the nation, people, friends & family of our former President Ali Mahdi Mohamed. He will be remembered for his great leadership and dedicated services to the nation. May Allah grants him Jannah. Amiin. pic.twitter.com/gQvouesCtJ
— Embassy of Somalia-USA ?? (@SomaliainUSA) March 10, 2021
The former president Mahdi, was born in 1939 in Jowhar, southern Middle Shabelle region in an Abgaal Hawiye clan.
He began his career as a business man and an entrepreneur and joined politics in 1968 when he vied for a parliamentary seat in Mogadishu.
