Studied Electronic Engineering at Leningrad, Soviet Union in 1968, and served as a Minister of Fishers and Marine Transport and Minister of Public Works and Housing between (1973 – 1989), he also served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia under President Abdikasim Salad Hassan, and was a candidate of the presidential elections in 2004. Osman is currently the Chairman of the Somali Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy.
Wuxuu ka baxay kuliyada Engineeriyada ee Jaamacada Leningrad ee wadanka Russia 1968, wuxuu soo noqday wasiirka kalumeysiga iyo kheyraadka bada iyo sidoo kale wasiirka howlaha guud iyo guryeynta intii u dhaxaysay (1973-1989), wuxuu sidoo kale soo noqday Ra’isulwasaare Ku Xigeen ahna Wasiir xiligii Dowladii KMG aheyd ee uu hogaaminayay Abdiqasim Salaad Xasan. Wuxuu ahaa murashax Madaxweyne xiligii Doorashada 2004. Mudane Cusmaan Jaamac Ali wuxuu hada Gudoomiye ka yahay golaha wadahadalka iyo dimoqraadiyada ee qurba -joogta Soomaalida UK.