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Executive Council of the Islamic Courts Union
Executive Council of the Islamic Courts Union
	Emblem of the Islamic Courts Union
History
Founded	24 June 2006
Disbanded	27 December 2006
Leadership
Chairman	Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Deputy Chairman	Abdirahman Janaqow
Secretary General	Ahmed Godane
Seats	18
Meeting place
	Mogadishu

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The Executive Council of the Islamic Courts Union (Somali: Golaha Fulinta) was the cabinet and executive branch of Islamic Courts.

Overview

Following the Islamic Courts Union's takeover of Mogadishu from CIA-backed warlords, the ICU established a 97-member Shura Council lead by Hassan Dahir Aweys and an executive council led by Sharif Ahmed.^[1]

The Executive Council was responsible for the day-to-day operations of ICU as well as implementing the policy decisions of larger 97-member Shura Council.^[2] Some of the policies implemented by the council was ban on Charcoal trading and poaching and a ban on the sale of Khat.

Composition

Council had 18 members consisting of a Chairman, 2 Deputy Chairmans, and a Secretary General along with 14 Ministers.^[3] 3 members of the council were affiliated with Al Shabaab, Ahmed Godane, the Secretary-General, Fuad Qalaf, the Minister of Education, and Muhyidin Umar, the Minister of Health.^[4] Qalaf continues to operate as one of Al Shabaab's top leaders whereas Godane was killed in an US airstrike in 2014 and Umar was killed in a US airstrike in 2008. However the rest of the council excluding those 3 were moderates according to a report by Ted Dagne, an Africa Research Specialist for the Congressional Research Service.^[5]

Council members

Office	Officeholder	Clan
Chairman	Sharif Sheikh Ahmed	Abgaal, Hawiye
First Deputy Chairman	Abdirahman Janaqow	Murusade, Hawiye
Second Deputy Chairman	Abdilqadir Ali Omar	Habar Gidir, Hawiye
Secretary-General	Ahmed Godane	Arap, Isaaq
Secretary of Defence	Yusuf Indhacade	Habar Gidir, Hawiye
Secretary of Finance	Abukar Umar Adani	Abgaal, Hawiye
Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Ibrahim Hassan Adow	Habar Gidir, Hawiye
Secretary of Justice	Sheikh Hassan Mahdi	Sheekhaal
Secretary of Reconstruction	Omar Mohamud Aftooje	Habar Gidir, Hawiye
Secretary of Regional Affairs	Axmed Fanax	Rahanweyn
Secretary of Youth and Education	Fuad Qalaf	Awrtable, Darod
Secretary of Ports and Transportation	Sharmarke Kahiye Siad	Duduble, Hawiye
Secretary of Labor	Abdiqadir Hassan Kadle	Hawadle, Hawiye
Secretary of Reconstruction	Sheekh Hassan Dheere	Abgaal, Hawiye
Secretary of Health	Muhyidin Mohamud Omar	Sheekhaal
Secretary of the Diaspora	Muhammad Idris	Majeerteen, Darod
Secretary of Planning	Husein Kahiye	Habar Gidir, Hawiye
Secretary of Information	Abdirahim Ali Muudey	Gaalje'el, Hawiye

References

^ "Islamic courts set up consultative council". The New Humanitarian. 26 June 2006.
^ Samatar, Abdi Ismail. "The Islamic Courts and the Mogadishu Miracle: What Comes Next for Somalia?". Hiiraan Online.
^ Maxamuud, Cabulqaadir Cusmaan (2008). Tangigii Tigreega (in Somali). Mogadishu: Aroma Publications. p. 57.
^ Hansen, Stig Jarle (2013). Al Shabab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012. Oxford University Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-19-932787-4. Of the ninety-seven members, Al-Shabaab commanded the allegiance of nine. Its positions in the cabinet (executive council) of the Sharia courts were Ahmed Aw Abdi Mahamoud Godane as secretary general, he was also responsible for screening foreign visitors, and provided the writer with a visitor approval at the time. Fu'ad Mahamed Khalaf Shongola was made responsible for education and youth, and Myhedin Mohamed Omar for health.
^ Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace (PDF). Congressional Research Service. 2011. pp. 18–22.

[:39-1] "Islamic courts set up consultative council". The New Humanitarian. 26 June 2006.

[2] Samatar, Abdi Ismail. "The Islamic Courts and the Mogadishu Miracle: What Comes Next for Somalia?". Hiiraan Online.

[3] Maxamuud, Cabulqaadir Cusmaan (2008). Tangigii Tigreega (in Somali). Mogadishu: Aroma Publications. p. 57.

[4] Hansen, Stig Jarle (2013). Al Shabab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012. Oxford University Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-19-932787-4. Of the ninety-seven members, Al-Shabaab commanded the allegiance of nine. Its positions in the cabinet (executive council) of the Sharia courts were Ahmed Aw Abdi Mahamoud Godane as secretary general, he was also responsible for screening foreign visitors, and provided the writer with a visitor approval at the time. Fu'ad Mahamed Khalaf Shongola was made responsible for education and youth, and Myhedin Mohamed Omar for health.

[5] Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace (PDF). Congressional Research Service. 2011. pp. 18–22.

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