Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden
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Sheikh Sharif Hassan Adan (Somali: Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan) is a Somali politician and former Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia. He is of the Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) clan, of the Adan Mirifle (Siyeed) Asharaaf subclan.[1]
[edit] Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
In 2005, he was opposed to the establishment of a new capital in Jowhar, which was the preference of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, demanding the capital be returned to Mogadishu. Baidoa was selected as a compromise location.[2]
On October 6, 2005, he was quoted as saying, "In my view, Ethiopia does not want a functioning government in Somalia and I want to see that the world knows this. Even if Ethiopia does want a government here, it wants a fiefdom government - multiple governments which are all weak."[3]
On January 17, 2007, the Parliament voted to oust him due to his opposition of a peacekeeping force for Somalia and his expressions of support and unauthorized meetings with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU)[4] which acted against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and his opposition to Ethiopian intervention in the 2006–2007 Somali war, with 183 votes against him, eight in favor and one abstention.[5][6] Justice Minister Adan Mohamed Nuur became his successor in Parliamentary elections on January 31, 2007, and sworn in on February 3, 2007.
| Preceded by vacant |
Parliamentary Speaker of Somalia September 15, 2004–January 17, 2007 |
Succeeded by Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe |
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Prime Minister Geedi announced his second cabinet line up. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Profile: Somalia's maverick ex-speaker", BBC, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ Exclusive: Interview with Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Speaker of Parliament, Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic. Jane's Information Group (2005-10-06). Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Somali Islamists back peace talks", BBC, 2006-11-05. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ "Somali speaker tied to Islamists ousted", Associated Press, 2007-01-17. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
- ^ Somali parliament votes to oust dissident speaker
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