Aden Isaq Ahmed

Honorable
Aden Isaq Ahmed
Aden Isaaq Axmed
أدن اساق أحمد
Honorable Aden Isaq Ahmed Aden Isaaq Axmed أدن اساق أحمد
Minister of Public Education
	In office; 1967–1969
Minister of Transportation & Communication
	In office; 1966–1967
Minister of Defence
	In office; 1964–1966
Preceded by	Hilowle Moalin Mohamed
Succeeded by	Abdirahman Haji Mumin
First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow
	In office; 1961–1963
Personal details
Born	1923; Awdal, British Somaliland (present-day Awdal, Somalia)
Died	1999 (age 75–76)
Nationality	Somali
Profession	Statesman, Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and politician

Aden Isaq Ahmed (Somali: Aden Isaaq Axmed, Arabic: أدن اساق أحمد; 1923–1999) was a Somali politician and statesman who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia in the 1960s.

History

Aden born in Awdal in 1923, he belonged to the Rer Ahamed (Reer Axamed), Gibril Yunus (Jibril Yoonis), Makahiil (Makahiil) section of the Gadabursi (Gadabuursi) or Samaron (Samaroon) clan. He served his country the Somali Republic 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow (1961–1963)
Minister of Defence (1964–1966)^[5]
Minister of Transportation & Communication (1966–1967)
Minister of Public Education (1967–1969)
Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia (1969)
Somali Ambassador in Pakistan (1977–1984)
Somali Ambassador in Oman (1985–1988)

References

^ Gassem, Mariam Arif (2002). Somalia: Clan Vs. Nation. Gassim.
^ Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810866041.
^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The Center. March 1969.
^ Service, United States Joint Publications Research (1969). Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa.
^ Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji; Castagno, Margaret (2003). Historical dictionary of Somalia (New ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4344-7.

[1] Gassem, Mariam Arif (2002). Somalia: Clan Vs. Nation. Gassim.

[2] Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810866041.

[3] Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The Center. March 1969.

[4] Service, United States Joint Publications Research (1969). Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa.

[histdict-5] Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji; Castagno, Margaret (2003). Historical dictionary of Somalia (New ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4344-7.

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