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; (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 has the following tribal affiliations: Hawiye: Habr Gedir: Ayr: Absiye.^[1] 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. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 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 (or Hawiya) is a Somali clan, comprising about 25% of the Somali population. ... Ceyr (or Ayr) is a Somali clan, part of the Habar Gedir group (itself a Hawiye subclan). ...

He has a brother Abdi Salad Hassan, also active in Somali politics.

Career Synopsis

Service in the Barré government

Abdiqasim held several sensitive positions in the Barré government, including 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. The National Security Service was the primary intelligence service of the government of Siad Barre from 1970 until it was formally abolished in 1990. ...

After Barre'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. Mogadishus location in Somalia Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ... Warlord is a term that refers to one who has de facto military control of a subnational area, due to armed forces which are personally obedient to — somewhat circularly — that warlord. ...

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. 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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