# Hassan Mohamed Nur 'Shatigadud' (Shaati Gaduud)

> Hassan Mohamed Nur 'Shatigadud' (1946–2013): chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army, president of the first South West State, and finance minister in the Transitional Federal Government.

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## In short

Hassan Mohamed Nur, known as Shatigadud, led the [Rahanweyn Resistance Army](/en/institutions/rahanweyn-resistance-army/) of the Digil and Mirifle of Bay and [Bakool](/en/regions/bakool/). This page records his public role from the sources, without taking sides.

## Background

Wikipedia records that he was born in 1946 at Bakaar Yare, Wajid district, Bakool, and belongs to the Hariin of the Mirifle ([Wikipedia, Hasan Shatigadud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Muhammad_Nur_Shatigadud)). Accounts of the RRA's founding describe him as a colonel (Wikipedia, Rahanweyn Resistance Army).

## The RRA, 1995–2002

After the Somali National Alliance of [Mohamed Farrah Aidid](/en/people/mohamed-farrah-aidid/) took Baidoa on 17 September 1995, an assembly at Jhaffey, west of Baidoa, founded the RRA on 13 October 1995 and elected him chairman. The RRA took Huddur in October 1998 and Baidoa on 6 June 1999 ([Wikipedia, Rahanweyn Resistance Army](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahanweyn_Resistance_Army)). Reports differ on Ethiopia's role in that capture; see the RRA page.

## South West State, 2002

On 1 April 2002 the RRA declared an autonomous South West State centred on Baidoa, with him as president (Wikipedia, citing IRIN). In July 2002 fighting broke out in Baidoa between forces loyal to him and forces of his former deputies, [Adan Madobe](/en/people/aden-madobe/) and [Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade](/en/people/mohamed-ibrahim-habsade/); BBC News reported at least 12 killed ([BBC News, 31 July 2002, via ecoi.net](https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/20491)). The present member state is described in [South West State](/en/states/south-west-state/).

## In the federal government

In November 2004 he became a member of the [Transitional Federal Parliament](/en/history/transitional-federal-parliament-2004-2012/), and in January 2005 Prime Minister [Ali Mohamed Gedi](/en/people/ali-mohammed-ghedi/) named him finance minister. On 2 December 2007 Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein named him national security minister; the next day he and three other Rahanweyn ministers resigned (Wikipedia, citing Reuters). See [Rebuilding, 2007–2012](/en/history/rebuilding-2007-2012/).

## Death

He died in Dortmund, Germany, in 2013, aged 66. His body was flown to Mogadishu and buried in Baidoa (Wikipedia, citing [Garowe Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/), 8 April 2013).

## Sources differ

- **Date of death.** Late March or 3 April 2013.
- **Date of birth.** Given as 17 June 1946 or only as 1946.

## Read the primary sources yourself

- BBC News, "Militiamen fight for Somali town" (31 July 2002): [ecoi.net record](https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/20491).

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