Colonel Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud (; ) (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

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autonomous regional state. Shatigadud was later a Member of the

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, and was eventually appointed

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in the

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. Shatigadud was succeeded as president by Madobe Nunow.

Personal life

Shatigadud was born in 1946 in Bakaar Yare, Waajid, Bakool, near the border with

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in southern

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. He hailed from the Hariin subclan of Mirifle

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. He 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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. He was multilingual, reportedly speaking Somali, Maay,

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and

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

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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

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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

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and

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regions by

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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

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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 Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) in the same regions. Internal disputes developed between Shatigadud, who wished to support the new Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC), and his two deputies,

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Aden Madobe 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

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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 (, ‎; 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 2009. He was from Mogadishu and part of the Abgaal sub-c ...

. 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shatigadud, Hasan Muhammad Nur 1946 births 2013 deaths Finance ministers of Somalia Members of the Transitional Federal Parliament Presidents of South West State of Somalia