The Honorable Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici)

Vice President of The Republic of Somaliland

Somaliland’s Vice-President, Honourable Abdirahman Abdilaahi Ismail was born on 28 October 1956 in the Salal region of Somaliland in a town called Zayla. Mr. Ismail undertook his primary and intermediate education in Borama city. He then moved on to Hargeisa for his higher education. Between 1975 and 1979 he attended the Hargeisa Technical Institute where he graduated as a construction Engineer.

Honorable Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail was a successful business man for an extended period of time running his own construction company. His construction company BCC- Borama Construction Company contributed immensely to the building of many regions of Somaliland between 1980 and 2002.

Mr. Ismail joined the Kulmiye party in 2003. In the presidential elections of 2017, Honourable Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail was elected to become the Vice-President of the Republic of Somaliland.