Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Somali: Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسين مختار‎‎; 1912 – June 12, 2012) was the speaker of the Somali parliament, and briefly an interim President of Somalia in 1969.[2]

The Honourable

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
مختار محمد حسين
President of Somalia
Interim
In office
October 15, 1969 – October 21, 1969
Preceded byAbdirashid Ali Shermarke
Succeeded byMohamed Siad Barre
Personal details
Born1912
Xuddur, Bakool, Somalia
DiedJune 12, 2012
(aged 100)[1]
Nairobi, Kenya
NationalitySomali
Political partySomali Youth League (SYL)

Early life

Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.[3]

Politics

In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).[4] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.[5]

He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at the age of 100.[6] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia and was buried there on June 15, 2012.[7]

References
  1. "Amisom expresses his condolences for the death of Sheikh Mukhtar Mohammed Hussein, former Speaker of Somalia Parliament". Mareeg. Mareeg. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. worldstatesmen.org
  6. Khalif, Abdulkadir (2012-06-19). "Somalia remembers fallen democracy icon". Africa Review. National Media Group, Kenya. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-06-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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