Abdiaziz Laftagareen

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Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen (Somali: Cabdicasiis Xasan Maxamed Laftagareen; عبد العزيز حسن محمد لفتاغرين) is a Somali politician who served as the fourth president of the South West State of Somalia, elected by representatives of South West regional state assembly on 19 December 2018. In 2019, Laftagareen had a committee appointed to deal with security issues. Laftagareen had close ties with former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, in which he served as a minister before becoming the president of the regional state. He completed his primary, middle and high school education in Luuq district, Gedo region in the southwest of the country. He was a school teacher in Luuq. He studied at a university in Mogadishu. Abdiaziz Laftagareen has held many positions in previous governments. Laftagareen is married and has four children, living in Turkey.

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