Prof Ali Khalif Galaydh
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Lasanod, Somalia
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1962 -- Secondary School Sheikh
1965 -- B.A (Honors) Boston University, Boston, M.A.
1969 -- M.A. Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y
1972 -- PH.D Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y
PROFFISSIONNAL EXPERIENCE
1965-1967 -- Political Officer, Ministry of Interior
1970-1973 -- Training and Research Officer, Somali Institute of Public Administration (SIPA)
1973-1974 -- Director General, SIPA
1974-1976 -- Director General, Jowhar Sugar Enterprise (SNAI)
1976-1980 -- Executive Chairman, Juba Sugar Project (JSP)
1980-1982 -- Minister of Industry
1982-1984 -- Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1984-1986 -- Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1986-1989 -- Consultant for Private US Firms, USAID, and the U.N on Development Issues
1989-1991 -- Assistant Professor, Dept of Public ADM. Maxwell, Syracuse, University, Syracuse, N.Y
1991-1994 -- Associate Professor, Dept of Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y
1994-1996 -- Professor of Public Administration and International Relations, Maxwell School,Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y
1996- 2000 -- Chairman and CEO, SOMTEL., Sharjah, UAE
2000 - 2001 -- Prime Minister in Somalia
He is currenlty a University professor
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Areas of expertise: public administration; international relations; economic development-Africa; nongovernmental organizations and governance
Ali Khalif Galaydh, visiting professor, is the former prime minister and one-time minister of industry for Somalia. He teaches courses on the politics of public affairs, strategies for economic development, and the role of nongovernmental organizations in governance.
Galaydh also hopes to support the outreach mission of the Humphrey Institute by working with the local Somali community, the largest in the United States.
Galaydh, who taught public administration and international relations at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University from 1989 to 1996, was an official with the Somali Ministry of the Interior during the last democratically elected government in the mid-1960s. During the 1970s, he headed two large sugar operations before being appointed minister of industry in 1980. For six months in 2000, Galaydh and hundreds of other Somalis participated in a Somali National Peace Conference in the city of Arta in the Republic of Djibouti. Six hundred fifty delegates, Galaydh among them, drafted a National Charter based on Somalia's 1960 Constitution, which enshrined the rule of law, decentralized democratic self-governance, human rights, and a market-led economy. The assembly of the delegates then selected a 245-member Parliament. With the strong support of the Parliament, Galaydh was invited to become Prime Minister in September 2000 and served until December 2001.
Galaydh earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
