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| president = [[Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud]]<br />[[Muse Bihi Abdi]]

| term_start = 27 July 2010

| term_end = 13 December 2024

| predecessor = [[Ahmed Yusuf Yasin]]

| successor = [[Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi]]

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Zeila]], [[British Somaliland]]<br>{{small|(now [[Somaliland]])}}

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| native_name = {{nobold|عبد الرحمن زيلعي}}

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'''Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail Saylici''' ({{langx|so|Cabdiraxmaan Cabdilaahi Ismaaciil Saylici}}, {{langx|ar|عبد الرحمن عبد الله إسماعيل زيلعي}}) (born 28 October 1956)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.somaliland-mission.com/47-website/305-somaliland-vice-president.html |title=Somaliland Vice President |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041741/http://www.somaliland-mission.com/47-website/305-somaliland-vice-president.html |archive-date=2018-07-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Somaliland politician servingand former businessman who served as [[Vice President of Somaliland]],<ref>{{Cite webfrom |2010 title=INTERVIEW:to Somaliland's vice president on drought | url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/96040/interview-somaliland-s-vice-president-on-drought | publisher=[[The New Humanitarian|IRIN]] | date=7 August 2012 | accessdate=19 February 2015 }}</ref>2024, after winning the [[2010 Somaliland presidential election|election of 2010]] together with [[Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud|Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo]]. He continued as vice president in the cabinet of [[Muse Bihi Abdi]]. Both are members of the [[Peace, Unity, and Development Party]].<ref name="auto"/>

== Overview ==

Abdirahman was born on 28 October 1956 in Zeila, then [[British Somaliland]] (now Somaliland). He completed his primary and intermediate education in Borama, the capital of the western Awdal region after which he then moved to Hargeisa to pursue his higher education. He attended the Hargeisa Technical Institute between 1975 and 1979 where he graduated as a construction engineer.<ref name="auto" />

Before entering politics, Abdirahman was a businessman. runningHe a construction company,ran Borama Construction Company (BCC), which contributed to the building of many regions of Somaliland between 1980 and 2002.<ref name="auto" />

=== Political career ===

In 2003 Abdirahman joined the Kulmiye party, and in 2008 he was appointed the vice-chairman of the party and the running mate of Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Silanyo). In the [[2010 Somaliland presidential election|presidential elections of 2010]], Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail was elected Vice-President of Somaliland.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lansford |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNGfBwAAQBAJ&dq=abdirahman+saylici&pg=PT5625 |title=Political Handbook of the World 2015 |date=2015-03-24 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4833-7155-9 |language=en}}</ref> He ran alongside Muse Bihi Abdi in the subsequent [[2017 Somaliland presidential election|2017 election]] where he was re-elected as vice-president.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-09 |title=BRIEFING PAPER: SOMALILAND VOTER CARDS DISTRIBUTION |url=http://www.somalilandpress.com/briefing-paper-somaliland-voter-cards-distribution/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Somalilandpress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809233207/http://www.somalilandpress.com/briefing-paper-somaliland-voter-cards-distribution/ |archive-date=2017-08-09 }}</ref>

In the [[2024 Somaliland presidential election|2024 election]], Saylici endorsed presidential challenger [[Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi]] instead of his former ally Muse Bihi Abdi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-11 |title=Somaliland Vice President breaks ranks to back opposition Waddani Party ahead of election |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Nov/198875/somaliland_vice_president_breaks_ranks_to_back_opposition_waddani_party_ahead_of_election.aspx |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Hiiraan Online |language=en-US}}</ref> The Muse government lost power and Abdirahman's administration was inaugurated on December 12, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faruk |first=Omar |date=2024-12-12 |title=Somaliland's new president is sworn in after elections that boosted region's drive for recognition |url=https://apnews.com/article/somaliland-inauguration-abdirahman-mohamed-abdullahi-736f65dc3c4a4474ede1db990e57db7f |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Awdal]]

[[Category:Gadabuursi]]

[[Category:21st-century Somaliland politicians]]