Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

The Honourable
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
مختار محمد حسين
Hussein in the 1960s
Acting President of Somalia
In office
15 October 1969 – 21 October 1969
Preceded byAbdirashid Ali Shermarke
Succeeded byMohamed Siad Barre
Speaker of the National Assembly of Somalia
In office
July 1965 – March 1969
Preceded byAbdulqadir Aden Zoobe
Personal details
Born1912
Huddur, Italian Somaliland
Died12 June 2012(2012-06-12) (aged 99–100)[1]
Nairobi, Kenya
NationalitySomali
Political partySomali Youth League (SYL)
Spouse(s)Baar Ismaan and Fadumo Meyre

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Somali: Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسين مختار‎; 1912 – 12 June 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Somalia in 1969.[2]

Early life

Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.[3]

Politics

In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).[3] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.[3]

He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at about 100 years old.[4] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Amisom expresses his condolences for the death of Sheikh Mukhtar Mohammed Hussein, former Speaker of Somalia Parliament". Mareeg. Mareeg. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ^ worldstatesmen.org
  3. ^ a b c "Taariikh-nololeedkii Sheekh Mukhtaar, Guddoomiye Baarlamaan iyo Madaxweyne KMG ah".
  4. ^ Khalif, Abdulkadir (2012-06-19). "Somalia remembers fallen democracy icon". Africa Review. National Media Group, Kenya. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  5. ^ "Former Somali parliament speaker buried in Mogadishu today". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-06-17.