Transitional National Government
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Somali Civil War | |
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Transitional National Government | |
Leaders | Abdiqasim Salad Hassan Gen. Ismail Qasim Naji |
Clans/Tribes: | Pan-Somali |
Years active: | April 2000–November 2004 |
Headquarters: | |
Operating Areas: | Parts of Mogadishu, Southern Somalia |
Preceeded by: | Multiple independent groups |
Succeeded by: | Transitional Federal Government (TFG) |
Allies: | |
Opponents: | Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM-Harti) |
The Transitional National Government of Somalia was established in April–May 2000 at the Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) held in Djibouti.
The TNG was militarily and politically opposed by the Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC), which was formed by rival warlords including Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Mohamed Dhere.
Besides its external threats, the TNG was plagued with internal problems, which resulted in the replacement of the Prime Minister four times in three years and its reported bankruptcy in December 2003.[1]
The TNG was succeeded by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) which was created in November 2004.
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[edit] History
- Further information: History of the Transitional Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia
[edit] 2000
- Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) or Djibouti Conference, held in Arta, Djibouti, on April 20 - May 5, 2000[2] The name Transitional National Government (TNG) was selected for the movement at this time.
- Election of Abdiqasim Salad Hassan as President by the tribal/faction representatives
[edit] 2001
- National Commission for Reconciliation and Property Settlement
[edit] 2002
- Somali Reconciliation Conference in Eldoret, Kenya[3]
- Appointment of General Ismail Qasim Naji as the leader of the army in January 2002.[4][5] The army in March 2002 numbered 2,010 men and 90 women.[6]
[edit] Leaders and members
- Abdiqasim Salad Hassan - President
- Gen. Ismail Qasim Naji - Army commander
- Ali Khalif Galeyr - 1st Prime Minister, October 8, 2000–October 28, 2001
- Osman Jama Ali - 2nd Prime Minister, briefly held post October 28–November 12, 2002[1]
- Hassan Abshir Farah - 3rd Prime Minister, 12 November 2002–December 8, 2003
- Mohamed Abdi Yusuf - 4th Prime Minister, December 31, 2003–November 3, 2004[1]
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad - MP in the TNG
[edit] References
- ^ a b c TNG Prime Minister Concludes Formation of Cabinet (2003-12-31). Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ Somalia National Peace Conference Program, hosted at Banadir.com
- ^ SOMALIA: Interview with Barre Adan Shire, chairman of the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA) IRIN
- ^ The Lives of 18 American Soldiers Are Not Better Than Thousands of Somali Lives They Killed, Somalia's TNG Prime Minister Col. Hassan Abshir Farah says. Somalia Watch (2002-01-22). Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ Somalia: Warlords lay down weapons. SomaliNet (2007-01-17). Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ War Clouds Over Somalia. Middle East Report (2002-03-22). Retrieved on 2007-01-17.