Hassan Abshir Farah
Hassan Abshir Farah حسن ابشير فرح | |
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Prime Minister of Somalia | |
In office November 12, 2001 – November 8, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Osman Jama Ali |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Abdi Yusuf |
Interior Minister of Puntland | |
In office 1998–2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Independent | June 20, 1945
Residence | Mogadishu |
Alma mater | Egyptian Military Academy Somali National University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Hassan Abshir Farah (
Biography
Farah was born in 1945 in the former Italian Somaliland. He hailed from Majeerteen subclan of Darod.[3] Between 1961 and 1965, he attended secondary school in Mogadishu, the nation's capital. He spent the next two years at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt. Between 1980 and 1986, Hassan also studied at the Somali National University, where he obtained a degree in Law.[4]
Political career
Mayor of Mogadishu
Farah's political career began in 1969, when he was a junior member of the
Interior Minister of Puntland
In December 1999, acting as the Interior Minister of the autonomous northeastern Puntland region and serving under then-President of Puntland, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Farah ordered the eviction of three NGO workers, citing "unsatisfactory services" as reasons for their dismissal: Eddie Johns of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Remmelt Hummeyn of UNDP and Said Al-Naimari of UNICEF.[6]
Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG)
Farah was
During Farah's first month in office, which was a few months after the
He was the primary representative of the TNG at the October 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference held in Eldoret, Kenya. However, those efforts failed to produce a lasting settlement, since the TNG was heavily contested by the rival Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC). The Somali National Reconciliation Conference meetings of July 2003 finally settled problems between the TNG and the SRRC, but by then the TNG had lost most of its momentum and funding.[11] The three-year mandate for the TNG officially ended in August 2003, but the organization continued to carry on between the formal date and the creation of the successor TNG of 2004. President Abdiqassim Salad removed the Prime Minister and the Parliamentary Speaker in August 2003; the no-confidence vote of the Parliament in December 2003 was undertaken to formalize the decision. Writing from Nairobi, Hassan Abshir and Abdallah Derow Isaak both said any attempts to extend the terms of the TNG were "unconstitutional."[12]
Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
In 2004, Hassan Abshir Farah became the Fisheries Minister of the new
On August 1, 2006, Farah resigned along with seven other ministers, in protest at Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi's postponement of talks with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). He said "We had no option but to resign because we believe if the talks are postponed again it will affect the reconciliation efforts".[14]
Puntland presidential elections
In 2008, Farah launched a campaign to run for president of the autonomous Puntland state in the northeastern region's 2008 elections.
Federal Parliament
Following the establishment of the Federal Government of Somalia in August 2012, Farah began serving as a legislator in the new Federal Parliament.[16]
Death
Farah died from COVID-19 in Turkey in 2020.[17]
See also
- Muhammad Ali Samatar
- Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle
References
- ^ Somalia: Former Prime Minister Hassan Farah Passes in Turkey
- ^ Somalia – Worldstatesmen.com
- ^ Xiirey, Cabdi Caydid (2001). Qaran qabiil ma ku dhismaa?: shirkii nabadaynta ee Carta-Jabuuti. p. 128. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Curriculum Vitae of Hassan Abshir Farah Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hassan Abshir: Master of Political Treachery". Garowe Online. December 31, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
- ^ "HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN News Briefs [19991210]". IRIN. December 10, 1999. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "HORN OF AFRICA IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-up 153". IRIN. August 15, 2003. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
- ^ "Somalia welcomes US troops". BBC. November 27, 2001. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Terrorism in Somalia". BBC. November 30, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Inside Africa". CNN. December 15, 2001. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Weekly Sitrep no. 20 (Covering from 05th to 11th July, 2003)] NOVIB SOMALIA Somali National Reconciliation Conference". July 11, 2003. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "SOMALIA: TNG hangs in the balance as mandate ends". IRIN. August 13, 2003. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Somalian TFG Cabinet minister Hassan Abshir insists Top Cat Marine Security, with which his government signed a two-year $55 million deal, is not only real, but also that TC is ready for combat". February 8, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
- ^ Eight more ministers resign from Somali government, Reuters, August 1, 2006.
- ^ "Former Somali Prime Minister to run for Puntland president". Garowe Online. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
- ^ "Office of the Somali Parliament". Office of the Somali Parliament. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ "Former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah dies of coronavirus in Turkey". July 12, 2020.