Dr Abdul Majid Hussein ( so, Cabdulmajiid Xuseen; ar, عبد المجيد حسين; ) born 1944), also called የማሰብ ችሎታ ያለው አንበሳ (The Intelligent Lion), is an Ethiopian politician, who was the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations. He was the Chairman of the

Ethiopian Somali Democratic League The Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) was a political party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was the ruling EPRDF's regional partner from 1994 to 1998. Overview The ESDL was formed in 1994 through the merger of ten clan-based politi ...

(ESDL) party in the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional stat ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, from 1995 to 1998. He was a senior government economist. In 1997, Dr Abdulmajid was appointed to the Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of

from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, and was serving as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations till his death.

Biography

Abdulmajid Hussein was born Dire Dawa,

. Hussein belonged to the

Habr Awal The Habr Awal, also contemporarily known as the Subeer Awal, and alternately romanized as the Zubeyr Awal ( so, Habar Awal, ar, هبر أول, Full Name: '' Zubeyr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash- Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad)'' is a major clan of ...

subclan of the

Isaaq The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Pe ...

. In 1992, he was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market. In 1995, he became the leader of

(ESDL) party in the

, and was the victim of an assassination attempt during turmoils against Somalia's

Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI; ar-at, الاتحاد الإسلامي, lit=The Islamic Union) was an Islamist militant group in Somalia. It is considered a terrorist organisation by the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Histor ...

. By 1998, he had served in the government for 7 years, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, a job he had refused in 1998.

Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers

SRS Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers Education in

Jigjiga Jijiga (, am, ጅጅጋ, ''Jijiga'') is the capital city of Somali Region, Ethiopia. It became the capital of the Somali Region in 1995 after it was moved from Gode. Located in the Fafan Zone with 70 km (37 mi) west of the border ...

is named after him. The college was established in 2004 after Hussein's. It is the one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres for teachers in the region, and almost one of the largest colleges of Teachers in the country. Since the beginning of establishment of the college 28 batches have graduated.

References

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