Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
7th President of Somalia
In office August 27, 2000 – October 14, 2004
Preceded by	Hussein Mohamed Farrah
Succeeded by	Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Born	1941

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (Somali: Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan,^[1] (b. 1941) is a prominent Somali politician. Having served as president-in-exile (based in Djibouti) from 2001-2004, he currently (late 2006) has no official role in the Transitional Federal Government. Previously he served as an Interior Minister in the government of Siad Barre, before its collapse in 1990. He is from Hawiye, Habr Gedir tribe in Mogadishu. He was interior- and finace minister in former regime. Image File history File links Abdiqassim_Salad_Hassan_1. ... This page contains a list of the Presidents of Somalia. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hussein Mohamed Farrah (born August 16, 1962 in Beledweyne, Somalia) is the son of Mohamed Farrah Aidid. ... It has been suggested that 2006 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed assassination attempt be merged into this article or section. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... The Transitional Federal Parliament is an interim parliament of Somalia formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004. ... Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre) (1919 – January 2, 1995) was the Head of State of Somalia from 1969 to 1991. ... The Hawiye are a clan of the Somali ethnic group, who live in central and southern Somalia, and in larger numbers in Kenya and Ethiopia, as well as in other international communities. ... The Habar Gedir (also Habar Gidir or Habr Gidr) is a Somali clan, part of the larger Hawiye group. ...

Career Synopsis

Service in the Barré government

Abdiqasim held several sensitive positions in the Barré government, most notably as his last Interior Minister, responsible for all internal security agencies such as the National Security Service (NSS), the Investigative Department of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, and the police), and Deputy Prime Minister at same time. During his tenure, he presided over several controversial actions, including the severe crackdowns and aerial bombings in Hargeysa and Berbera, during which large numbers of civilians disappeared and are known to have disappeared (and believed to have been tortured and killed.)^[2] The National Security Service was the primary intelligence service of the government of Siad Barre from 1970 until it was formally abolished in 1990. ... Hargeisa Hargeisa (Somali: Hargeysa) is a city in northwestern Somalia, it is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland which was formed in 1991. ... Berbera (Somali Berbera) (coordinates:) is a city in the newly established Saaxil region of Somalia, and is currently part of the internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ...

After Barré's ouster in 1991 he fled to Cairo.

Post-1991

His government controlled parts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with the rest of the country being under the control of various warlords. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ... A warlord is a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. ...

The mandate of the transitional national government expired in August 2003. Abdiqasim withdrew from the talks aimed at forming a new government shortly before the mandate expired. Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah accused him of trying to make the talks fail to extend his time in office, resulting in the prime minister's dismissal by Abdiqasim. However, Abdiqasim pledged to step aside to make way for a constitutionally-elected leader. Abdiqasim was a candidate for the presidency of the new national unity government, but he was not among the 3 candidates who passed the 1st round of voting. He left office peacefully several days after the election. Abdi qasim picture 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38328000/jpg/_38328951_salad2.jpg 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hasan Abshir Farah (Somali: ; born 1945) is a notable politician in Somalia. ...

See also

• List of national leaders

This is a List of national leaders, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems; it should be noted that often a leader is both in presidential systems or dictatorships. ...

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