Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen

Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen was the fourth president of the South West State of Somalia who was elected by representatives of South West regional state assembly on December 19, 2018. In 2019, Laftagareen had a committee appointed to deal with security issues. Laftagareen had close ties with former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, in which he served as a minister before becoming the president of the regional state.