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Madobe Nunow Mohamed (Madoobe Nuunow Maxamed)
Madobe Nunow Mohamed (1948–2017) was interim President of South West State from March to December 2014. Before that he was a Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2012 and served as federal Minister of Information, of Youth and Sports, and of Constitution and Federal Affairs.
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- Lived
- 1948 to 2017
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who was he?
Madobe Nunow Mohamed led the South West State administration in 2014, in the months before its first full president took office. World Statesmen dates his term from 3 March 2014 to 3 December 2014, when Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden succeeded him (World Statesmen, Somalia). Wikipedia describes him as the second president of South West State (Wikipedia, Madobe Nunow).
Early life and training
He was born in 1948 in Diinsoor District, in the Bay region (Wikipedia). World Statesmen gives the same birth year. He went to primary and secondary school in Diinsoor in the 1960s, and finished secondary school in Hawle Wadag District, Mogadishu, in the 1970s. From 1979 to 1980 he studied political science at the Halane institute in Mogadishu, and in 1983 to 1984 he earned a diploma in administration and management from SIDAM (same source).
Local government, 1966 to 1992
Wikipedia lists a long career in local administration (Wikipedia):
- member of the Somali Youth League in Bay, 1966 to 1968
- clerk at the Ministry of Interior in Bay, 1974 to 1976, then head of the ministry's office in Diinsoor, 1976 to 1978
- party official of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party in Sablaale (Lower Shabelle) and Beled Xaawo (Gedo) in the early 1980s
- Mayor of Diinsoor in 1985
- party secretary and governor of Cadale, Middle Shabelle, 1987 to 1990
- chairman of the Diinsoor district rescue committee, 1991 to 1992
In 1995 he was one of the founders of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (same source).
Parliament and the federal government, 2001 to 2012
He was a Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2012. In the Transitional Federal Government he was Deputy Minister of Petroleum from 2004 to 2007, Minister of Information from 2007 to 2008, Minister of Youth and Sports from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Constitution and Federal Affairs from 2009 to 2010. From 2011 to 2012 he chaired the parliamentary committee on the constitution and federal affairs (Wikipedia).
South West State, 2014
He led the South West administration based in Baidoa from March to December 2014 (World Statesmen). Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden succeeded him as President on 3 December 2014 (same source).
His death
World Statesmen gives his death year as 2017. Wikipedia records that he died on 29 October 2017 in a bomb attack on the Nasa-Hablod hotel in Mogadishu (Wikipedia; World Statesmen).
Offices held
- Mayor of Diinsoor, 1985
- Member of Parliament, 2001 to 2012
- Minister of Information, 2007 to 2008; Minister of Youth and Sports, 2008 to 2009; Minister of Constitution and Federal Affairs, 2009 to 2010
- President of South West State (interim), 3 March to 3 December 2014. See Presidents of South West State.
Sources
- World Statesmen, Somalia · worldstatesmen.org
- Wikipedia, Madobe Nunow · en.wikipedia.org
Madobe Nunow MohamedMadoobe Nuunow Maxamed · Madobe Nunow
- Lived
- 1948 to 2017
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
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