Abdirahman Jama Barre

Abdirahman Jama Barre (, ; 1937 – 15 August 2017 ) was a Somali politician. He twice served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Democratic Republic, also he was the longest serving Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, and later as the Minister of Finance. He was the first Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia.

Early and Personal life Abdirahman Jama Barre was born in 1937 in the southern town of Luuq, Italian Somaliland. He hails from the Marehan Darod clan. He was a cousin of former President of Somalia, Mohamed Siad Barre. His brother, "Asasey", was also active in Somali politics.

Barre pursued higher studies abroad. For his tertiary education, he earned a PhD in the early 1960s from the teaching faculty at the University of Padua in Padua, Italy. He represented the Somali Democratic Republic in this capacity at the United Nations General Assembly.

Along with then Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Goshu Wolde, Jama Barre was also part of a seven-person Somalia-Ethiopia committee. The intergovernmental panel was formed in 1986.

Toward the end of 1987, Barre was appointed the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia. Jama was concurrently named Minister of Finance and Treasury. In 1989, he was reappointed Foreign Minister, with his second term in the office lasting a year. He would hold both 1st Deputy Prime and Finance Minister positions until the collapse of the central government in January 1991.

In 2004, following the establishment of the Transitional Federal Government, Barre presented himself as a candidate for President of Somalia. He lost out to then President of the autonomous Puntland region, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.