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Somalia president names new prime minister
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Tuesday he had named Mohammad Mohamud Guled, as the new prime minister.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:47 December 16, 2008
Baidoa: Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Tuesday he had named Mohammad Mohamud Guled, as the new prime minister.
Guled was the former interior minister.
"As I had promised to appoint a prime minister within three days I have appointed Mohammad Mohamud Guled," Yusuf said on local radio.
The Somali president dismissed then prime minister Hasssan Hussain Nur Adde on Sunday after they disagreed on a new cabinet demanded by donors.
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