Ahmed Ibrahim Awale – environmentalist and author Professor Ahmed Mumin Warfa -Somali Scientist and Scholar on Plant Taxonomy and Botany. Abdirahman Mohamud Farole – former President of Puntland Abdi Farah Shirdon Former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali – President of Puntland, and former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed – former Prime Minister of Somalia Saad Ali Shire – current Minister of Finance of Somaliland, former Foreign Minister of Somaliland, and former Minister of Planning of Somaliland Abdulqawi Yusuf – international lawyer and judge with the International Court of Justice Ali Mohammed Ghedi – former Prime Minister of Somalia Ali Said Faqi – scientist and leading researcher in toxicology Asha Gelle Dirie – former Minister of Women Development and Family Affairs of Puntland Asha Haji Elmi – peace activist and MP Asha Jama – Somali-Canadian activist Faysal Ali Warabe – Chairman of the For Justice and Development (UCID) political party Hawa Abdi – humanitarian and physician Hassan Abshir Farah – former Prime Minister of Somalia Hassan Ismail Yusuf – former Minister of Health of Somaliland Jama Musse Jama – ethnomathematician, author, founding director of Hargeysa International Book Fair, Somaliland. Wei Hongtian – Former Ambassador of China to Somalia