Dr. Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) was born in 1954 in the district of Elder in Somalia. He has been a military officer (1971–1986), electronic engineer, Islamic scholar and civil society activist. He was elected Chairman of the National Unity Party (NUP) established in November, 2012 and publicly announced on 26 February 2014. He was also elected as vice chairman of the Forum for Unity and Democracy, the largest coalition of political parties, parliamentarians and former ministers including former prime minister Abdiweli Sheik Ahmed. The Forum was transformed into a political party on February 6, 2016 and renamed The National Forum Party and Dr. Abdurahman was elected as the deputy chairman of the new party and the NUP elected new Chairman. He obtained PhD degree in Islamic history from McGill University in Canada and engineering degree from Somali National University.
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