MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has today replaced Dahir Mohamud Gelle hours after Gelle submitted.
Minister of Commerce Mohamed Abdi Hayir Maareeye has been moved to Information Ministry.
The prime minister has also replaced Mareeye with Abdullahi Ali Hassan as Minister of Commerce.
Mareye held the post in the previous government
Dahir Mohamed Geele who has been the post for the last 11 months quit the office today.
Gelle who spoke to the media hours after he submitted his resignation letter said the resignation was caused by difference with the leaders of the federal government.
“I thank Somali President and the Prime Minister for giving me the chance to serve this position. This decision has long been in my mind and I mulled it deeply, but today I took the decision to resign,” he said.
Gelle was appointed by Prime Minister Ali Hassan Khayre in his first cabinet in 2017.
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