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Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" (Nuur Xasan Xuseen "Cadde")
Nur Hassan Hussein, known as Nur Adde (1938–2020), was Prime Minister of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government from November 2007 to February 2009. Earlier he was a police officer, chief police officer and attorney general under Siad Barre, and Secretary General of the Somali Red Crescent Society. He later served as ambassador to Italy.
Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde"Nur Adde · Nuur Cadde
- Lived
- 1938 to 2020
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Toward independence, 1920 to 1960; The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
Who was he?
Nur Hassan Hussein was the second Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government. He took office on 24 November 2007 and served until 14 February 2009 (World Statesmen, Somalia). Wikipedia records the truce signed in Djibouti in June 2008 as one of the outcomes of his government's work (Wikipedia, Nur Hassan Hussein).
Police and law, 1950s to 1991
He was born on 2 February 1938 (Wikipedia). He began work in the early 1950s as a police officer in Italian Somaliland. He studied law at the Somali National University and at a school of fiscal law in Rome. In 1987, under President Siad Barre, he became chief police officer and attorney general, and held the post until the civil war began in 1991 (same source).
The Somali Red Crescent
After 1991 he served as Secretary General of the Somali Red Crescent Society (Wikipedia).
Prime Minister, 2007 to 2009
Ali Mohammed Ghedi resigned as Prime Minister on 29 October 2007, and Salim Aliyow Ibrow served as acting Prime Minister in the gap (Wikipedia; World Statesmen). President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed nominated Nur Adde on 22 November 2007. Parliament, sitting in Baidoa, approved him on 24 November by 211 votes out of 212, and he was sworn in the same day (Wikipedia).
He said he would form a smaller cabinet. He named 15 ministers and five assistant ministers on 4 January 2008, and parliament approved the cabinet on 10 January by 223 votes to 5 (same source). A truce was signed in Djibouti in June 2008 (same source).
On 30 July 2008 he dismissed the Mayor of Mogadishu, Mohamed Omar Habeb Dhere. On 2 August ten ministers and one assistant minister resigned, saying they had not been consulted. He named six new ministers the next day. On 26 August he and President Yusuf signed an agreement to settle their dispute, and on 1 September parliament voted down a motion of no confidence in his government (same source). World Statesmen records that his government sat in Mogadishu until December 2008, then in Baidoa, and from January 2009 in Djibouti (World Statesmen). His term ended on 14 February 2009, when Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke succeeded him (same source).
Ambassador and death
In September 2009 he was named Somalia's ambassador to Italy (allAfrica, 5 September 2009). He died in London on 1 April 2020 of COVID-19 (Garowe Online; Wikipedia).
Offices held
- Chief police officer and attorney general, 1987 to 1991
- Secretary General of the Somali Red Crescent Society, after 1991
- Prime Minister of Somalia, 24 November 2007 to 14 February 2009. See Prime Ministers of Somalia.
- Ambassador to Italy, from 2009
Sources
- World Statesmen, Somalia · worldstatesmen.org
- Wikipedia, Nur Hassan Hussein · en.wikipedia.org
- allAfrica, 5 September 2009 · allafrica.com
- Garowe Online · garoweonline.com
Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde"Nur Adde · Nuur Cadde
- Lived
- 1938 to 2020
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Toward independence, 1920 to 1960; The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
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