Ahmed Ibrahim Artan
{{Short description|Somali diplomat}}
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|birth_name =Ahmed Ibraahim Artan
|birth_place = Qandala, Somalia
|occupation = Minister of Security of Puntland.
|education = Economist and politician
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Ahmed Ibrahim Artan {{langx|so|Ahmed Ibrahim Cartan }}; {{langx|ar|أحمد ابراهيم عرتن}}) is a Somali diplomat, author and currently Minister of Security of Puntland.. He is the former Labourers and Youth adviser to the Somali president.{{cite news|title=Somalia: MPs table President impeachment motion|url=http://sirqarsoon.com/2015/08/15/somalia-mps-table-president-impeachment-motion/|date=15 August 2015|accessdate=15 August 2015|newspaper=Siqarsoon}}
Personal life
Ahmed is originally from the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. He was born in the coastal town of Kandala, situated in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Ahmed from upper-class life, his father was one of the Somali millionaires from 1960s to 1991.{{cite news|author=Ahmed Haaji Ibrahim Artan Beeldaaje (Axmed Xaaji Bakiin) |title=Shirka Wadatshiga Puntland |url=http://somali.raxanreeb.com/2015/05/shirka-wadatshiga-puntland-wq-ahmed-haaji-ibrahim-artan-beeldaaje-axmed-xaaji-bakiin |accessdate=14 August 2015 |newspaper=Raxanreeb |language=Somali |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043258/http://somali.raxanreeb.com/2015/05/shirka-wadatshiga-puntland-wq-ahmed-haaji-ibrahim-artan-beeldaaje-axmed-xaaji-bakiin/ |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}
His father Ibrahim Artan Ismail, nicknamed "Haaji Bakiin", served as minister of interior and security of Puntland.{{cite news|title=Somali official: US planes hunting Islamists|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2007-06-12-somali-official-us-planes-hunting-islamists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214041656/http://mg.co.za/article/2007-06-12-somali-official-us-planes-hunting-islamists|archivedate=14 December 2014|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 August 2015|newspaper=Mail & Guardian}}{{Failed verification|reason=The article explains Ibrahim Artan Ismail's political role, but doesn't mention that he's the subject's father|date=August 2015}}
=Education=
For his secondary education, Ahmed attended a local school in Bosaso, Somalia.
Between 2000 and 2004, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Management accounting from the a local University at Bosaso, Somalia
in Nairobi, Kenya. He followed that in 2009 with a Master's degree in project management from the Kenyatta University.{{cite news|author=Ahmed Ibrahim Artan Beldaje (Azlan Xaaji Bakiin)|title=Halaaga Tahriibta iyo Hadimadiisa|url=http://horseedmedia.net/2014/12/01/halaaga-tahriibta-iyo-hadimadiisa|accessdate=14 August 2015|newspaper=Horseed Media|language=Somali}}
=Career=
In an administrative capacity, Ahmed worked at the adviser of the Somali president.{{cite news|author=Ahmed Ibrahim Artan|title=QORAGA WEYN AHMED IBRAHIM ARTAN OO SOO BAN DHIGAY BUUGAAG HOR LEH|url=http://www.allcarmo.com/2015/01/09/qoraga-weyn-ahmed-ibrahim-artan-oo-soo-ban-dhigay-buugaag-hor-leh|accessdate=14 August 2015|newspaper=Allcarmo|language=Somali|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155744/http://www.allcarmo.com/2015/01/09/qoraga-weyn-ahmed-ibrahim-artan-oo-soo-ban-dhigay-buugaag-hor-leh/|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2015|reason=The text is in Somali, but given its brevity, and apparent authorship by the subject, it does not appear to be a reliable source.}}
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