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Ali Bunow Korane, is the 2nd Governor of Garissa County in Kenya, in office since 22 August 2017. He was elected as Governor in elections held on 8 August 2017. Previously, he served in the military and provincial administration before rising to the rank of a Permanent Secretary in several ministries, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from George Washington University in the United States, MA International Studies and Diplomacy from the same university.

He served the government of Kenya little more than three decades and held significant leadership positions in the provincial administration and in the military. He was a 2nd Lieutenant Kenya Army, commissioned and posted to 50 Air Cavalry Battalion of the Kenya Army and trained as a helicopter pilot of the American MD 500 Helicopter, later he joined Provincial Administration, then rose to become Permanent Secretary in the ministries of Tourism and Information, Home Affairs, Heritage and Social Services, Gender, Sports, Culture and Social services. Before he was elected Governor, H.E Korane was Kenya's Special Envoy in the Horn of Africa—a position appointed to him by President Mwai Kibaki in 2010 so as to coordinate peace in the region. He mediated peace talks between Ethiopia government and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Governor Korane had also served as Chairperson of the Refugee Affairs Committee of the Ministry of the Interior.