Hargeysa, November 25, 2006 (SL Times) – The Secretary General of KULMIYE party Daud Mohamed Gelle died in Hargeysa Group hospital yesterday, following a long illness.

Daud will be best remembered for his remarkable contributions as SNM activist to the struggle against dictatorship during the nineteen eighties.

In the post-liberation period Daud worked with leaders of the House of Elders “Guurti” to organize the 1992 peace conference at Sheikh and the Borama Somaliland National Reconciliation conference held in 1993. At the Borama conference Daud was appointed as the secretary of the Guurti.

In 1995 he joined the National Demobilization Commission as director of training and education. In 2000 he became the vice-chairman of the NDC.

On July 2001, Daud was elected as KULMIYE party’s secretary general.