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Hassan Abshir Farah Prime Minister |
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November 12, 2001 December 8, 2003 |
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| name = Hassan Abshir Farah <br> حسن ابشير فرح |
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| image = Hassan Abshir Farah.jpg |
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| order = [[Prime Minister of Somalia]] |
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| term_start = November 12, 2001 |
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| term_end = December 8, 2003 |
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| successor = [[Muhammad Abdi Yusuf]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|June 20, 1945}} |
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| nationality = [[Somalia|Somali]] |
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| party = [[Transitional Federal Government|TFG]] |
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| occupation = [[Politician]] |
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| religion = [[Islam]] |
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| website = www.hassanabshir.net |
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'''Hassan Abshir Farah''' ({{lang-so|''Xasan Abshir Faarax''}}, {{lang-ar|حسن ابشير فرح}}) (born 1945) is a veteran [[Somali people|Somali]] politician. He has served as [[Mayor]] of [[Mogadishu]] and [[Interior Minister]] of [[Puntland]]. From November 12, 2001 to December 8, 2003, he was also [[List of Prime Ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister of Somalia]].<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html Somalia] - ''Worldstatesmen.com''</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Farah was born on June 20, 1945 in [[Somalia]] to a [[Majeerteen]] [[Darod]] family. Between 1961 to 1965, he attended secondary school in [[Mogadishu]], the nation's capital. He spent the next two years at the [[Egyptian Military Academy]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. Between 1980 and 1986, Hassan also studied at the [[Somali National University]], where he obtained a degree in [[Law]].<ref>[http://www.hassanabshir.net/news_details.php?item_id=5 Curriculum Vitae of Hassan Abshir Farah]</ref> |
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==Political career== |
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===Mayor of Mogadishu=== |
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Farah's political career began in 1969, when he was a junior member of the [[military junta]] that took control of Somalia in 1969 under [[Siad Barre]]. His first official role was working as vice district commissioner of [[Mogadishu]]. In the 1970s, Hassan was appointed mayor of Mogadishu. During this period, he worked with the [[National Security Service (Somalia)|NSS]] to have many opponents to the government arrested.<ref name=HASSAN-ABSHIR-MASTER-OF-POLITICAL-TREACHERY>{{cite news |
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|title=Hassan Abshir: Master of Political Treachery |
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|url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=1&num=2494 |
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|date=2005-12-31 |
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|publisher=[[Garowe Online]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-02 }}</ref> He also served as governor of [[Shabeellaha Dhexe]] and [[Bakool]], and as the Somali ambassador to [[Japan]] and [[Germany]]. While governor, he opposed the rising force of the [[Somali Salvation Democratic Front]] (SSDF), which resisted [[Siad Barre]]'s rule. |
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===Interior Minister of [[Puntland]]=== |
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In December 1999, acting as the Interior Minister of the autonomous northeastern [[Puntland]] region and serving under then-President of Puntland, [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], Farah ordered the eviction of three [[NGO]] workers, citing "unsatisfactory services" as reasons for their dismissal: Eddie Johns of [[UNDP]]/[[UNCTAD]], Remmelt Hummeyn of [[UNDP]] and Said Al-Naimari of [[UNICEF]].<ref name=HOA-IRIN-19991210>{{cite news |
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|title=HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN News Briefs [19991210] |
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|url=http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Hornet/irin-121099.html |
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|publisher=[[IRIN]] |
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|date=1999-12-10 |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> |
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===Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG)=== |
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Farah was [[Prime Minister of Somalia|Prime Minister]] in the [[Transitional National Government]] (TNG) of Somalia from 12 November 2001 until December 8, 2003, when then President [[Abdiqassim Salad Hassan]] held a session of parliament, which cast a [[vote of no confidence]] with regard to the Prime Minister and the Parliamentary Speaker at the time, [[Abdallah Derow Isaak]].<ref name=IRIN-HOA-153>{{cite news |
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|title=HORN OF AFRICA IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-up 153 |
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|url=http://iys.cidi.org/humanitarian/irin/hafrica/03b/ixl5.html |
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|date=2003-08-15 |
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|publisher=[[IRIN]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-23 }}</ref> |
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During Farah's first month in office, which was a few months after the [[9/11]] terrorist attacks, he said the [[United States]] would be welcome to deploy troops to Somalia for the first time since the withdrawal of US forces from the [[Operation Restore Hope|UN missions of the 1990s]], and to help monitor terrorist activities in the country.<ref name=SOMALIA-WELCOMES-US-TROOPS>{{cite news |
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|title=Somalia welcomes US troops |
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|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1678586.stm |
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|date=2001-11-27 |
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|publisher=[[BBC]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> He was referring to [[Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya]] (AIAI), which the US did name as a terrorist organization.<ref name=TERRORISM-IN-SOMALIA>{{cite news |
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|title=Terrorism in Somalia |
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|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/archive/international/somalia_terrorists.shtml |
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|date=2002-11-30 |
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|publisher=[[BBC]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> On December 15, 2001, he stated there were no members of [[Al-Qaeda]] in Somalia, though a rival warlord claimed there were 50 armed fighters of the terrorist organization who had entered the country.<ref name=CNN-INSIDE-AFRICA>{{cite news |
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|title=Inside Africa |
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|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0112/15/i_if.00.html |
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|date=2001-12-15 |
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|publisher=[[CNN]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> In any regard, the United States did not deploy any troops to Somalia at the time. |
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He was the primary representative of the TNG at the [[October 2002|October]] [[2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference]] held in [[Eldoret]], [[Kenya]]. However, those efforts failed to produce a lasting settlement, since the TNG was heavily contested by the rival [[Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council]] (SRRC). The [[Somali National Reconciliation Conference]] meetings of July 2003 finally settled problems between the TNG and the SRRC, but by then the TNG had lost most of its momentum and funding.<ref name=WEEKLY-SITREP-NO-20>{{cite web |
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|title=Weekly Sitrep no. 20 (Covering from 05th to 11th July, 2003)] NOVIB SOMALIA Somali National Reconciliation Conference |
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|url=http://www.banadir.com/sitrep_mbagathi_20.shtml |
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|date=2003-07-11 |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03}}</ref> The three-year mandate for the TNG officially ended in August 2003, but the organization continued to carry on between the formal date and the creation of the successor [[Transitional Federal Government]] of 2004. President Abdiqassim Salad removed the Prime Minister and the Parliamentary Speaker in August 2003; the no-confidence vote of the Parliament in December 2003 was undertaken to formalize the decision. Writing from Nairobi, Hassan Abshir and Abdallah Derow Isaak both said any attempts to extend the terms of the TNG were "unconstitutional."<ref name=SOMALIA-TNG-HANGS-IN-THE-BALANCE>{{cite news |
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|title=SOMALIA: TNG hangs in the balance as mandate ends |
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|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35939&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA |
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|date=2003-08-13 |
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|publisher=[[IRIN]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> |
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Also during his tenure in the TNG, he was reported to have assisted shipping weapons from the TNG to the Puntland faction led by Abdullahi Yusuf fighting against [[Jama Ali Jama]], who had been elected to the office of President. Abdullahi Yusuf succeeded in his bid to forcefully retake the Presidency of Puntland and eventually became (through Parliamentary elections) President of the TFG.<ref name=PUNTLAND-ON-VERGE-OF-CIVIL-WAR> {{cite web |
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|title=Puntland on the Verge of Civil War |
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|url=http://www.somalilandtimes.net/Archive/Archive/00001500.htm |
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|publisher=[[Somaliland Times]] |
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|accessdate=2007-02-03 }}</ref> |
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===[[Transitional Federal Government]] (TFG)=== |
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In 2004, Hassan Abshir Farah became the Fisheries Minister of the new [[Transitional Federal Government]] (TFG), which replaced the TNG. He is mostly active in the National Peace Process in the country. In late 2006, he secured a $55 million pirate-fighting contract with [[New York]]-based [[Top Cat Marine Security]].<ref name=SOMALI-TFG-CABINET-MINISTER-HASSAN-ABSHIR-TOP-CAT-SECURITY>{{cite web |
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|title=Somalian TFG Cabinet minister Hassan Abshir insists Top Cat Marine Security, with which his government signed a two-year $55 million deal, is not only real, but also that TC is ready for combat |
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|url=http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2006/02/top_cat_marine_.html |
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|date=2006-02-08 |
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|accessdate=2007-02-02 }}</ref> |
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On August 1, 2006, Farah resigned along with seven other ministers, in protest at Prime Minister [[Ali Mohammed Ghedi]]'s postponement of talks with the [[Islamic Courts Union]] (ICU). He said "We had no option but to resign because we believe if the talks are postponed again it will affect the reconciliation efforts".<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0128680.htm Eight more ministers resign from Somali government], ''[[Reuters]]'', 1 August, 2006.</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.hassanabshir.net Hassan Abshir Farah's website] |
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