Hussein Abdi Dualeh

Hussein Abdi Dualeh is a Somaliland politician and petroleum engineer. He is the former Minister of Energy & Minerals of Somaliland.

Biography Hussein Dualeh was born in 1957 in the Saraar region of British Somaliland.

At the age of five, he moved with his family to Aden in South Yemen. Upon returning he completed secondary education at SOS Sheikh Secondary School. After graduation he was hired by ADNOC selling lubricants and gasoline.

Hussein Dualeh studied petroleum engineering at the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in 1983.

On July 28, 2010, President Silanyo announced his cabinet appointments, naming Hussein Dualeh as Minister of Mining, Energy & Water Resources. In an interview with Mining Weekly, he said Somaliland may hold deposits of uranium, platinum, rare-earth metals, gold, copper, iron ore, coal, manganese, tin and gemstones, as well as tantalite, columbite, feldspar, kaolin, kyanite, lead, quartz crystals and glass sand.

In April 2014, the prominent Somaliland newspaper Haatuf published articles accusing Energy Minister Hussein Dualeh and Interior Minister Ali Mohamed Warancadde of corruption and embezzlement; Somaliland police then raided Haatuf's offices and shut the paper down on the orders of the Hargeisa Regional Court. Haatuf's media license was ultimately revoked.

In December 2016, Somaliland's Ministry of Energy and Minerals, led by Hussein Dualeh, jointly organized a two-day energy-sector workshop in Berbera with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UKaid; he said its aim was to improve public access to cheap and quality electricity supply in the country.

In December 2017, Somaliland's Minister of Energy and Minerals changed from Hussein Dualeh to Jama Mohamoud Egal.

Personal life Dualeh lived in Stevenson Ranch, California with his wife and three children until he relocated to Hargeisa to fulfill his duties as Minister of Mining, Energy & Water Resources of Somaliland.