Aden Isaq Ahmed or Aden Isaaq Ahmed ( so, Aden Isaaq Axmed ama Aden Isxaaq Axmed, ar, أدن اساق أحمد), was a Somali politician of the former

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 o ...

. Known for being Statesman, Minister and Politician of the former

History

Aden born in

Awdal Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly provinc ...

in the year 1923, he belongs to the Rer Ahamed (Reer Axamed), Gibril Yunus (''Jibril Yoonis''), Makahiil (''Makahiil'') section of the

Gadabursi The Gadabuursi ( Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as ''Samaroon'' (Arabic: ''قبيلة سَمَرُون)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. The Gadabuursi are geographically s ...

(''Gadabuursi'') or Samaron (''Samaroon'') clan. He served his country the

as a Senior Diplomat in Moscow and was the second Somali man ever to set foot in the Russian capital. After arriving back in Somalia he took part in the elections to become a minister of parliament. He succeeded and served as the Minister of Defense, Minister of Transportation & Communication, Minister of Education. Prior to that he studied at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Career

* First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow (1961–1963) * Minister of Defence (1964–1966) * Minister of Transportation & Communication (1966–1967) * Minister of Public Education (1967–1969) * Acting Prime Minister of Somalia (1969) * Somali Ambassador in Pakistan (1977–1984) * Somali Ambassador in Oman (1985–1988)

References

{{reflist Alumni of the University of Oxford Somalian politicians Gadabuursi 1923 births Possibly living people People from Awdal