Hassan Ali Khayre

Hassan Ali Khaire (or alternatively transliterated as Hassan Ali Khayre, , ; born 1967), popularly known as Hassan Khaire, is a senior politician and is the former Prime Minister of Somalia. He was appointed on 23 February 2017 by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" and resigned on Saturday July 25, 2020 after MPs passed a disputed vote of no confidence. Khaire is a former oil executive. He has been a regional director of the Norwegian Refugee Council charity and served as the director of the British oil company Soma Oil and Gas. Background Early life and education Hassan Ali Khaire was born in the central Somalia town of Jacar, Galgaduud, some 50 kilometers from El Buur. He graduated from primary and secondary school in Mogadishu. At the onset of the civil war, Khaire moved as a refugee to Norway in 1991, where he enrolled at the University of Oslo in 1994.