Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
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| In office August 27, 2000 – October 14, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Hussein Mohamed Farrah |
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| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed |
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| 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.
He has a brother Abdi Salad Hassan, also active in Somali politics.
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[edit] Career Synopsis
[edit] 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 civillians disappeared and are known to have disappeared (and believed to have been tortured and killed.)[2]
After Barrée's ouster in 1991 he fled to Cairo.
[edit] Post-1991
His government controlled parts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with the rest of the country being under the control of various warlords.
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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ With various transliterations into English, e.g. Abdiqaasim Salaad Hassan, Abdi Qaasim, etc.
- ^ Pippa Hoyland, in cooperation with Amnesty International (September 1, 1999). Human rights in Somaliland: Awareness and action.
| Preceded by Hussein Mohamed Farrah |
President of Somalia 2000 – 2004 |
Succeeded by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed |
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