Aden Madobe (Aadan Maxamed Nuur Madoobe)

Who is he?

Aden Mohamed Nuur Madobe is a Somali politician (Wikipedia, Aden Madobe). He has led South West State since 11 June 2026 (same source). He has twice been speaker of Somalia's parliament and was briefly acting president (same source). This page records events without taking sides.

Early life

He was born on 15 April 1956 in Hudur, the capital of the Bakool region (Wikipedia). His family is Hadame, of the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle) (same source).

Rahanweyn Resistance Army

He was first deputy chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army, one of the factions of the civil war (Wikipedia). He said that from 1996 the group accepted Ethiopian help in training its troops (same source). In 2003 he split for a time with the other leader, Hassan Mohamed Nur Shatigadud (same source). The two later reconciled and both served as ministers (same source). See the years 1991 to 2000.

Transitional government

In January 2005 he became Minister of Justice in the Transitional Federal Government (Wikipedia). In May 2005 a rival, Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, accused him and Shatigadud of attacking Baidoa on behalf of the government (same source). Nineteen people were killed in the fighting for the city, which the government later used as a temporary capital (same source).

On 31 January 2007 parliament elected him Speaker (same source). When President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned on 29 December 2008, he became acting President of Somalia (same source). He served until Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was elected on 31 January 2009 (same source). In 2010 a dispute arose with Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (same source). Parliament voted to remove him, and he resigned in May 2010 (same source). See the years 2000 to 2012.

Federal posts

In January 2014 Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed named him Minister of Industry and Commerce (Wikipedia). In April 2022 he became Speaker of the House of the People again (same source).

South West State

In June 2026 the South West State Assembly in Baidoa elected him leader (Geeska, 13 June 2026). He won 88 of 90 votes while still Speaker (same source). The vote followed the resignation of Abdiaziz Laftagareen in March (same source). President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said: "I wish him success in focusing on uniting the people of South West" (same source).

Former state president Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden withdrew from the race and called it a "one-man election" (same source). He said: "No credible election has taken place in Baidoa" (same source). Laftagareen said he had been forced out and still regarded himself as the state's president (same source). He took office on 11 June 2026 and left the speakership (Wikipedia).

In short

A Rahanweyn Resistance Army leader from Bakool who became Speaker twice, acting President of Somalia in 2008 and 2009, and leader of South West State in 2026.