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

| term_start = 27 July 2010

| term_end = 1213 December 2024

| predecessor = [[Ahmed Yusuf Yasin]]

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

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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 and former businessman servingwho 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 ==

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=== 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>

==References==

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| title = [[Vice President of Somaliland]]

| years = 2010 – 20242010–2024

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[[Category:People from Awdal]]

[[Category:Gadabuursi]]

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