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Ali Ismail Yacqub
Sheikh Ali Ismail Yacqub ( so, Cali Ismaaciil Yacquub) was a Somali politician, who served as the first Minister of Defence of the Somali Republic, he also served as the Deputy Minister of Justice. Sheikh Ali was an influential member of the Somali National League, the party that dominated the former Somaliland Protectorate's politics. In 1960 he was elected MP from the Burao district representing the Rer Ainanshe, that same year he was appointed as Minister of Defence of the newly formed Somali Republic. The following year he led a delegation to Egypt and was a state guest of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, with whom he discussed military co-operation. In 1961 he ordered cross border raids into Ethiopia that destroyed several of their bases near the border. These skirmishes would later escalate and lead to the 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War.Africa. (1961). United Kingdom: Africa.. See also *Osman Jama Ali *Hassan Adan Wadadid Hassan Adan Wadadid was a Somali politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Somalia)
The Ministry of Defence ( so, Wasaaradda Gaashaandhigga) is charged with co-ordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Somali Armed Forces. The President of Somalia is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence provides policy framework and resources to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the defence of the country. The Armed Forces (including Somali Army, Somali Air Force, and Somali Navy) under the Defence Ministry are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of the nation. The current Minister of Defence of Somalia is Hassan Mohomed Amardanbe. History Historically, Somali society conferred distinction upon warriors (''waranle'') and rewarded military acumen. All Somali males were regarded as potential soldiers, except for the occasional religious cleric (''wadaado'').Library of Congress Country Study, SomaliaTh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aden Adde
Aden Abdulle Osman Daar ( so, Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan Dacar, ar, آدم عبد الله عثمان دعر) (December 9, 1908 – June 8, 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the Somali Republic from July 1, 1960 to July 6, 1967.Somalia - ''Worldstatesmen.com'' He previously served in the Somali Youth League In 1944. In 1946, he was named Secretary of the party's section in , Somalia. In 1951, the Mudug Regional Council appointed him for the Regional Council, and two years later, he became Vice President of the Regional Council. From 1954 until 1956, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burao
Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; so, Burco, , ar, برعو) is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was also the third largest city of Somalia. Burao was the site of the declaration of an independent Somaliland on 18 May 1991. History 19th century The city originated as a well named Ceel-Gooni in the late 19th century used by nomads from the surrounding area. The town subsequently grew around the well. The settlement was later on burned to the ground by British forces in 1900, with the modern settlement being re-established in 1910. For much of the 19th century, Burao served as the capital of the Habr Yunis Sultanate. Sultan Nur Ahmed Aman, Sutan Awad Deria and Sultan Madar Hersi ruled from Burao at different periods of time. After leaving the Berbera coastlands and ascending the escarpments of the great inland plateau, the convoy followed the valley of the Tug Dayr as far as Burao, capital of a powerful but friendly Habr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togdheer
Togdheer ( so, Togdheer, ar, تُوْجْدَيْر, Tūjdayr) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool to the east and Ethiopia to the south. Its capital is Burao. Overview Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex from the west, Sahil to the north, Ethiopia to the south, and Sanaag & Sool to the east. With its capital at Burao (Burco), the region's name is derived from the Togdheer River, which means "Long River" in Somali. The region has an approximate population of 350,000 people. Under British Somaliland, the Togdheer region was formerly the Burao district which was one of three districts that comprised the Burao region. The other two regions were Las Anod and Erigavo districts. Sanaag was carved out of Togdheer region and was established as a separate region on June 23, 1973, comprising the three districts of Erigavo, Las Qorey and Garadag. As with mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somali Republic
The Somali Republic ( so, Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliyeed; it, Repubblica Somala; ar, الجمهورية الصومالية, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmālīyyah) was a sovereign state composed of Somalia and Somaliland, following the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somalia) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland). A government was formed by Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate administrations, with Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly and Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President of the Somali Republic. On 22 July 1960, Daar appointed Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as Prime Minister. On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum, Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960. The new constitution was rejected by Somaliland. The administration lasted until 1969, when the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rer Ainanshe
The Rer Ainanshe ( so, Reer Caynaanshe) are a royal Somali clan and the traditional rulers of the Habr Yunis. They divide into 17 major sub-clans that together form the Baha Ainanshe and Rer Sugulle, from the latter descend the rulers of the Habr Yunis Sultanate. They inhabit the Togdheer and Maroodi Jeex regions of Somaliland and the Daroor, Danot and Misraq Gashamo regions of Ethiopia Origins and etymology The clan traces their paternal lineage to Said Ismail who was the grandson of Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed, an Arab Islamic scholar of the Banu Hashim. They take their name from their 18th century ancestor ''Ainanshe'' who was the son of Hersi Osman of the Ismail Arreh and a woman of the Ali Said clan. He had seven brothers: Said, Fahiya, Hildid, Warsame, Yusuf, Ali and Abdi whom they shared the same mother and are together known as the Ba Ali in reference to their mother's clan. Ainanshe was the Chieftain of the Habar Yoonis clan. His first wife belonged to the Jibrahil cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Mediterranean coast. At approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the 14th-most populated country in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was formally elected president in June 1956. Nasser's popularity in Egypt and the Arab world skyrocketed after his nationalization of the Suez Canal Company and his political victory in the subsequent Suez Crisis, known in Egypt as the ''Tripartite Aggression''. Calls for pan-Arab unity under his leadership increased, culminating with the formation of the United Arab Republic with Syria from 1958 to 1961. In 1962, Nasser began a series of major socialist measures and modernization reforms in Egypt. Despite setba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
The 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War was a two month long conflict between the Somali Republic and the Ethiopian Empire. Fighting erupted in multiple locations on the border following support by the Somali government to insurgents in the Ogaden region, who sought secession from Ethiopian rule and unification under a Greater Somalia.Ayele 2014, p. 22. The conflict was the first war between Somalia and Ethiopia in the modern era. Background After the independence and unification of British Somaliland and the Trust Territory of Somaliland on July 1, 1960, one of the major goals of the Somali Republic was the unification of Greater Somalia, which included the Somali region in Ethiopia. Following the establishment of the Republic of Somalia, the Ethiopian government, sensing the looming Somali threat, immediately dispatched troops to setup military bases in the Ogaden region, displacing and killing hundreds of Somalis in August 1960, who made up the ethnic majority of the terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osman Jama Ali
Osman Jama Ali ( so, Cusmaan Jaamac Cali alluun}, ar, عثمان جامع علي ) (born 1941) is a Somali politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia and briefly served as the Prime Minister from October 28, 2001 to November 12, 2001. - ''Worldstatesmen.com'' He hailed from the branch of the See also *List of prime ministers of Somalia ...
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Hassan Adan Wadadid
Hassan Adan Wadadid was a Somali politician and diplomat. He was the Somali Republic ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan during the 60s. He was one of the founders of the Somali National Movement and served as the movement's first Vice-Chairman. Hassan belonged to the Rer Ainanshe sub-division of the Habr Yunis Garhajis clan. Career Hassan was dually accredited to serve as Somalia's ambassador of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan during the 60s. After the 1969 coup, like many of the countries diplomats and politicians, he was given a lengthy prison sentence by the MilitaryJunta that took over the country after the assassination of Abdirashid Shermarke. After being released he migrated to Riyadh Saudi Arabia where he and other prominent Isaaq diplomats, politicians and intellectuals would have clandestine meetings with the objective of over throwing the Siad Barre regime. This group came to be known as the Saudi group and would later on have correspondences with a London based group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridwan Hirsi Mohamed
Ridwan Hirsi Mohamed ( so, Ridwaan Xirsi Maxamed, ar, رضوان حرسي محمد) is a Somali politician. He is the former Minister of Religious Affairs and former deputy Prime-minister of Somalia. He hails from the Rer Ainanshe sub-division of the Habr Yunis Garhajis clan. Vice President of Somalia Appointment On 17 January 2014, Mohamed was appointed to the newly formed post of Minister of Religious Affairs by. Mohamed was also concurrently named Vice President of Somalia. He succeeded Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan in the latter position. Hussein national funeral committee On 1 February 2014, Mohamed was appointed chair of a governmental committee tasked with organizing a national funeral for the late Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, who had died on 31 January 2014. Illicit weapons bill In August 2014, Mohamed chaired a Cabinet meeting during which the federal ministers discussed a bill aimed at outlawing the trade and possession of illegal weapons in Somalia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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