Ahmed Mohamed Gurase
| Ahmed Mohamed Gurase أحمد محمد جأوراس |
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| Minister of Education | |
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In office 17 January 2014 – 12 January 2015 |
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| President | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Prime Minister | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Maryam Qassim |
| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Ahmed Jama |
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| Born | September 15, 1957 Goldogob, Somalia |
| Political party | Independent |
Ahmed Mohamed Gurase (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Gurase, Arabic: أحمد محمد جأوراس) is a Somali politician. From January 2014 to January 2015, he served as the Minister of Education of Somalia. Ahmed Mohamed Gurase succeeded Maryam Qaasim when her post as Minister for Human Development and Public Services ended on 17 January 2014. The Ministry was split to allow the creation of 6 cabinet positions one of which was the Ministry of Education. The other 5 cabinet positions are Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Women and Human Rights, Ministry of Sports and Youth. On 12 January 2015, Ahmed Mohamed Gurase was succeeded by Abdullahi Ahmed Jama.
On 17 January 2014, Gurase was appointed Minister of Education by Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. He succeeded Maryam Qassim in the position.
In March 2014, Gurase announced that the federal Ministry of Education is slated to unite the diverse syllabuses in all of Somalia's educational centers. The decision was reached to strengthen the national academic sector in a sustainable manner. According to Gurase, the comprehensive program will also include free education and unified exams throughout the country. The Minister indicated that he would establish a committee to merge the various curricula, thereby facilitating the implementation of unified national scholastic testing.
In October 2014, Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed led a federal government delegation to the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. The delegates included Minister of Education Gurase and Second Speaker of the Federal Parliament Mahad Abdalle Awad, among other Cabinet members. They were received at the Garowe International Airport by senior Puntland leaders, including President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and Vice President Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar, and subsequently attended a well-organized welcoming ceremony at the Puntland presidential palace in Garowe alongside various members of the international community. Ahmed subsequently co-chaired a reconciliation conference in the city between the visiting federal officials and Puntland representatives led by President Ali.
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