Abdirizak Jurile

He became Minister of Planning and International Cooperation during Transitional federal government (TFG). Jurile was twice or more a Member of the Federal Parliament's lower house, before moving to the Upper House of the Parliament of Somalia in October 2016.

Jurile was a founding member of Puntland state, and served as Managing Director of the UN and other international organizations. During 2013 he declared his candidacy for the Prime Minister, and once ran for Somali Parliament speaker during the general election in 2014.

Abdirizak Jurile (Somali: Cabdirisaaq Juurile, Arabic: عبد الرزاق جريل), commonly known as Jurile, is a Somali British politician, diplomat and professor. Currently he is a Member of Somali Senate, he served as Somali Minister of Planning and International Cooperation from July 2004 to December 2007. Later he became Somali Minister of Postal Cooperation and Telecommunications. He was responsible administratively and operationally to build The Garowe–Bosaso Highway and the Port of Bosaso in the Bari province. The highway starts from the Port of Bosaso and continues south as a single carriageway up over the Al-Miskat hills and downwards toward Qardho. It continues from there around 205 km (127.6 mi) southwards to Garowe thereafter the thoroughfare joins the Mogadishu – Berbera highway.