Mohamed Hassan Nuriye (Maxamed Xasan Nuuriye)

Who is he?

Mohamed Hassan Nuriye is a Somali politician (Wikipedia, Mohamed Hassan Nuriye). He was Mayor of Beledweyne, the main town of Hiiraan, from 2012 to 2019 (same source).

Election in 2012

On 7 May 2012 Beledweyne held its first municipal vote since the start of the civil war in the early 1990s (Bar-Kulan, 7 May 2012). About 200 delegates took part (same source). Hiiraan's head of elections, Sadaq Omar Sabriye, oversaw the contest (same source). Nuriye won 135 votes; the next two candidates won 11 and 8 (same source).

First steps in office

On his first day he banned firearms within city limits (Bar-Kulan, 8 May 2012). He warned that weapons found would be taken and owners could be jailed (same source). He asked soldiers not on patrol to stay in their bases (same source). The municipality also began a three-day registration of all residents (same source). He announced a city beautification campaign (same source).

Clearing the main road

On 18 July 2012 his administration set a two-night curfew in Beledweyne (Bar-Kulan, 19 July 2012). During it, soldiers took down structures built without permission along the main road (same source). Bar-Kulan described it as one of the municipality's first urban renewal efforts (same source).

Successor

In May 2019 Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale followed him as mayor (Africanews, 28 May 2019). See Safiya Jimale.

In short

Mayor of Beledweyne for seven years after the town's first post-war mayoral vote.