In August 2022, H.E. Salah Ahmed Jama took on the role of Deputy Prime Minister for the Federal Government of Somalia  As the Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Salah leads a critical portfolio that includes the government’s response to climate change, economic development, rule of law implementation, inclusive politics, and stabilising and providing government services to the territories recovered from the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.

Salah has served in the cabinet since 2017, starting as the Minister of Labour and later as the Minister of Constitutional Affairs. In both capacities, he introduced a number of policies that facilitated institutional reforms. As the Ministry of Labour, H.E. Salah led Somalia’s first civil service reform in half a century and masterminded the country’s first social safety net program. Later, as the Minister of Constitutional Affairs, H.E. Salah oversaw the review of Somalia’s Provisional Constitution, leading consultations with a wide range of stakeholders, including the public and federal member states, to finalise the constitution and ensure the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency between the federal and member state constitutions.