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Abdallah Isaaq Deerow (Cabdalla Isaaq Deeroow)
Abdallah Isaaq Deerow (1950–2006) was the first Speaker of Parliament of the Transitional National Government, elected at the Arta conference in August 2000. He later served as Minister of Constitutional and Federal Affairs in the Transitional Federal Government. He was shot dead in Baidoa on 28 July 2006.
Abdallah Isaaq DeerowCabdalla Isaaq Deeroow · Abdallah Deerow Isaaq
- Lived
- 1950 to 2006
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 3 sources
Who was he?
Abdallah Isaaq Deerow presided over the parliament that chose Somalia's first transitional government after the civil war. He was elected Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly in August 2000, at the Somalia National Peace Conference in Arta, Djibouti (Wikipedia, Abdallah Isaaq Deerow). He was later a minister in the Transitional Federal Government.
The Arta conference, 2000
He took part in the Arta conference as a delegate of the Rahanweyn (Wikipedia). The assembly elected him Speaker on 20 August 2000, and as Speaker he presided over the election of Abdiqasim Salad Hassan as President of the Transitional National Government (same source). The list of Speakers on Wikipedia dates his time in office from 9 August 2000 to 14 September 2004 (Wikipedia, List of speakers of the Parliament of Somalia).
Dismissal, 2003
In August 2003 he was removed as Speaker. He said the decision was not valid, because the Transitional National Government's mandate had already ended earlier that month (Wikipedia).
Minister, 2004 to 2006
When the Transitional Federal Government was formed in 2004, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed named him Minister of Constitutional and Federal Affairs (Wikipedia). The government's temporary seat was then in Baidoa.
His death
On 28 July 2006 he was shot dead by a gunman as he left Friday prayers at a mosque in Baidoa. Riots followed in the town, and the authorities began a security crackdown (BBC News, 28 July 2006; Wikipedia).
Offices held
- Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly, August 2000 to August 2003. See Speakers of Parliament.
- Minister of Constitutional and Federal Affairs, 2004 to 2006
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdallah Isaaq Deerow · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, List of speakers of the Parliament of Somalia · en.wikipedia.org
- BBC News, 28 July 2006 · news.bbc.co.uk
Abdallah Isaaq DeerowCabdalla Isaaq Deeroow · Abdallah Deerow Isaaq
- Lived
- 1950 to 2006
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 3 sources
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