Sadik Warfa

Sadik Warfa was a member of the Somalia parliament and the former Minister for Labor and Social Affairs.[1] Member of Parliament of Somalia Secretary General of the Defense Committee Mogadishu, Somalia.

Sadik is a dual citizen (Somalian, American) and he comes from the Leelkase Tanade, a sub-clan of the Darod clan.

Sadik Warfa was elected in 2016 as a member of the Parliament of Somalia and Secretary General of the Defense Committee.

He is the founder and Executive Director of Fagaaraha Forum, a town hall meeting format that provided critical dialogue and consensus about critical issues facing Somalis in the United States, elsewhere abroad and in the Homeland of Somalia.

Warfa was elected as Deputy Director of Somali Diaspora at the June 2014 Diaspora Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey. He was Executive Director of Somail Diaspora. The aim of Global Somali Diaspora is to safeguard the rights, dignity, connections and cultural values of Somali Diaspora communities around the world.

Warfa has advocated for the rights of Somali-American at the local community, state and federal levels. He assisted family members of those arrested and incarcerated when they were charged with crimes affecting the community.[2]

In 2010, he campaigned for Minnesota's State Representative District 61A seat. He was the first Somali- American to compete for any state legislative seats. In 2011 he competed for a Minnesota State Senate District 61 seat in a special election and came in second in the six-person Democrat primary.

References
  1. "Somalia: PM names ministers, flies to U.S. For IMF talks".
  2. Departure of spokesman Sadik Warfa a challenge for mothers of three convicted men. StarTribune, 10 June 2016
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