He is the former Speaker of the autonomous Puntland region's parliament from January 2014 to October 2015.

[1] He has held various positions in both the Puntland regional administration and the central government.

In 2000, Shire served as an MP in the Transitional National Government's interim parliament.

[1] Since 2010, Shire also served as the Puntland Minister of Livestock and Animal Husbandry.

He subsequently ran for Parliament Speaker during the 2014 Puntland elections, winning the third round ballot 40 votes to 26 votes against the runner-up, former Speaker of Parliament MP Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi of Mudug.