Mohamed Sheikh Osman ( so, Maxamed Sheekh Cismaan) was a prominent Somali politician and Member of

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in the civilian government. He held numerous ministerial positions in the later non-civilian regime, including the position of

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, which he held from 1984 to 1987, and from April 1989 to February 1990. His son, Jibril Sheikh Osman, now holds political positions in the Somali government. One such position he has held is a Counselor for the Somali Ambassador for

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 ...

. He died in December 2005.

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2005 deaths Finance ministers of Somalia Government ministers of Somalia Year of birth missing {{Somalia-politician-stub