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Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden (Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan)
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden is a Somali politician who was twice Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2012), Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in 2009 to 2010, and President of South West State from December 2014 to November 2018.
Sharif Hassan Sheikh AdenSharif Hassan · Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan
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- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
Who is he?
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden has held three of Somalia's top posts: Speaker of parliament, Minister of Finance and state president. He was Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament from 14 September 2004 to 17 January 2007, and again from 25 May 2010 to 20 August 2012 (Wikipedia, List of speakers of the Parliament of Somalia). He was President of South West State from 3 December 2014 to 7 November 2018 (World Statesmen, Somalia).
First term as Speaker, 2004 to 2007
In 2005 the new government argued over where it should sit. President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi preferred Jowhar; the Speaker wanted Mogadishu. Baidoa was chosen as a compromise (Wikipedia, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden). About 100 of the 275 members followed him to Mogadishu in mid-2005 (Wikipedia, Ali Mohammed Ghedi).
On 17 January 2007 parliament voted to remove him, by 183 votes to 8 with one abstention. Members cited his opposition to a foreign peacekeeping force and his meetings with the Islamic Courts Union (Wikipedia). Aden Mohamed Nur Madobe replaced him.
Finance Minister, 2009 to 2010
On 20 February 2009 Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke named him Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister (same source).
Second term as Speaker, 2010 to 2012
Parliament elected him Speaker again on 25 May 2010 (same source). In October 2010 he disagreed with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed over how parliament should vote on the new Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. The Supreme Court ruled for a show of hands. On 9 June 2011 the two leaders signed the Kampala Accord, which delayed elections by a year in exchange for the Prime Minister's resignation (same source). The accord led to street protests in Mogadishu and other towns (same source). His term ended when the new Federal Parliament sat on 20 August 2012.
President of South West State, 2014 to 2018
In November 2014 delegates in Baidoa elected him President of the new three-region South West State (Wikipedia). He took office on 3 December 2014 and left on 7 November 2018 (World Statesmen).
Offices held
- Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament, 2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2012. See Speakers of Parliament.
- Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, 2009 to 2010. See Deputy Prime Ministers of Somalia.
- President of South West State, 2014 to 2018. See Presidents of South West State.
Sources
- Wikipedia, List of speakers of the Parliament of Somalia · en.wikipedia.org
- World Statesmen, Somalia · worldstatesmen.org
- Wikipedia, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Ali Mohammed Ghedi · en.wikipedia.org
Sharif Hassan Sheikh AdenSharif Hassan · Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan
- Known as one of
- Leaders and statesmen
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 4 sources
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