Colonel Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud ( so, Xasan Maxamed Nuur Shaatigaduud; ar, حسن محمد نور شاتيغادود) (1946–2013) was a Somali politician and faction leader. He served as the chairman of the

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(RRA), and subsequently as the first President of the short-lived

Southwestern Somalia The South-West State of Somalia ( so, Goboleedka Koonfur Galbeed ee Soomaaliya, Maay Maay: ''Koofur Orsi''), is a Federal Member State in southwestern Somalia. It was founded by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, leader of the Somalia RRA on 1 A ...

autonomous regional state. Shatigadud was later a Member of the

Transitional Federal Parliament The Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic (TFP) ( so, Golaha Shacabka Federaalka Kumeelgaarka ee Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliya; often ''Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya'') was the national parliament of Somalia from 2004 until 2012. ...

, and was eventually appointed

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in the

Transitional Federal Government The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) ( so, Dowladda Federaalka Kumeelgaarka, ar, الحكومة الاتحادية الانتقالية) was internationally recognized as a provisional government of the Republic of Somalia from 14 October ...

. Shatigadud was succeeded as president by Madobe Nunow.

Personal life

Shatigadud was born in 1946 in the small town of Bakaaryari, situated near

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in southern

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. He hailed from the Hariin subclan of Mirifle

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. Shatigadud attended primary school in Baidoa, then moved to Mogadishu for secondary school. He later studied at universities in

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and

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. Additionally, Shatigadud was multilingual, speaking Somali,

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and

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. After having lived and worked most of his life in Somalia, Shatigadud eventually retired to Dortmund,

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. He died there in late March 2013, having suffered a heart attack. His body was subsequently flown to Mogadishu for a Janaza prayer by Members of Parliament and other senior Federal Government officials. Shatigaduud was finally laid to rest in Baidoa's main cemetery, with a large crowd attending the funeral and prayer service.

Career

National Security Service

Shatigadud ("Red Shirt") served as a colonel in the National Security Service (NSS). He was also a Governor of the

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region under the Siad Barre administration.

Rahanweyn Resistance Army

Following the start of the

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in 1991, Shatigadud acted as the leader of the

(RRA). The rebel group was founded in September 1995 to oppose the invasion of the southwestern Bay and

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regions by Mohamed Farah Aideed's

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(SNA). For a time, the RRA later supported an initiative to form a new

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(TNG) under President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.

President of Southwestern Somalia

On April 1, 2002, Shatigadud became the President of the Southwestern State of Somalia, an autonomous self-proclaimed state in southern Somalia centered in Baidoa. The polity's organization was thought to be a move to show the disaffection of the RRA with the nascent Mogadishu-based Transitional National Government, as well as an act to counter the influence of the

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(SRRC) in the same regions. Internal disputes developed between Shatigadud, who wished to support the new

(SRRC), and his two deputies, Sheikh

Aden Madobe Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe ( so, Aaden Maxamed Nuur Madoobe, ar, آدم محمد نور مادوبي, Maay: Sheeg Ethyng Mothoowy, born 15 April 1956), popularly known as Aden Madobe, is the current Speaker of the Lower House of the Federal Par ...

and Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, who wished to continue to support the TNG. The conflict resulted in many deaths and calls for Shatigadud to step down as President. Habsade continued to meet with TNG leaders ostensibly with the hope of being part of the nascent national government. The feuding leaders of the RRA were eventually reconciled and, though conflicts periodically erupted thereafter, all joined the

(TFG) at its formation.

Transitional Federal Government

In November 2004, Shatigadud was appointed a Member of the 275-seat

(TFP).

(TFG) Prime Minister

Ali Mohammed Ghedi Ali Mohammed Gedi ( so, Cali Maxamed Geeddi, ar, علي محمد جيدي) (born 2 October 1952), popularly known as Ali Gedi, was the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia from 2004 to 2007. He was relatively un ...

later named him Minister of Finance in January 2005. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
CIA, November 22, 2006 On December 2, 2007, Shatigadud was appointed Minister of National Security in the government of Prime Minister

Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Hassan Hussein ( so, Nuur Xasan Xuseen Cadde, ar, نور حسن حسين‎; 2 February 1938 – 1 April 2020), popularly known as Nur Adde, was a Somali politician, who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from November 2007 to February 2 ...

. He along with three other ministers from his Rahanweyn clan resigned the following day, asserting that their constituents had not been given a fair share of posts in Hussein's government.Ahmed Mohamed
"Somali president flown to Kenya hospital"
Reuters (''IOL''), December 4, 2007.

References

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