Mahamud Ali Yussef

Mahamud Ali Yussef

Mahamud Ali Jussuf (also: Mahamoud Ali Youssouf , Somali Maxamuud Cali Yuusuf , Arabic محمود علي يوسف) is a diplomat and politician from Djibouti .

biography

Yusuf entered the diplomatic service of his home country and was last deployed there as ambassador to Egypt . On July 4, 2001, he became Minister Delegate to the Foreign Minister with responsibility for international cooperation. In this role, he criticized the United States , which despite Djibouti's contribution to the fight against international terror , had made only scant financial contributions to the country immediately after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . In particular, he pointed out the “urgent need” for food, schools, roads and health facilities.

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he was then appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Parliamentary Relations in Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita's cabinet on May 22, 2005 .

In this capacity, he was also chairman of the 129th Ordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab League in 2008 . In an interview with the New York Times in May 2008, he underlined the economic opportunities Djibouti had and the hopes that it could develop economically similar to the United Arab Emirates because Djibouti is a “small country with a large port” and “even better than Dubai located ".

During a visit by Federal Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung in December 2008 to see the frigate “Karlsruhe” farewell , Jussuf saw the growing importance of his country in the increasing international activities in the Gulf of Aden , but he was concerned about the increase in piracy , which was also increasing could affect the port and trade of Djibouti. To prevent this, his country will do everything possible to counter this problem. Defense Minister Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed and Jussuf also spoke to Federal Defense Minister Jung about training and equipment assistance . So far, 46 Djiboutian soldiers have been trained and vehicles and computer technology have been given for 2.4 million euros .

Web links

• Government of Djibouti

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Djibouti's Future, Le Monde February 14, 2003 ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ rulers.org: May 22, 2005
3. ↑ Location Gives Tiny State Prime Access to Big Riches
4. ↑ Jung meets Foreign Minister of Djibouti
5. ^ Defense Minister Jung in Somalia. "Seldom such a robust mandate"
6. ↑ Frigate “Karlsruhe” begins to hunt pirates ( memento of the original dated December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ German Navy starts deployment off Somalia ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.