Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud

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Colonel Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud (Somali: Xassan Maxamed Nuur Shaati -Gaduud) is a Somali warlord, and chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), which sought to establish the autonomous state of Southwestern Somalia. Recently he is said to have played a role in the capture of Mogadishu by Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government forces in December 2006.[citation needed]Shati Gaduud is from Harin one of the larger clans of Digil & Mirifle. He speaks Somali (Maay & Mahatiri), Italian, English and Arabic.

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[edit] Siad Barre regime

Shatigadud, or "Redshirt," served as a colonel in the much-feared NSS under the rule of Siad Barre.[1]

[edit] Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA)

During the Somali Civil War, Shatigadud was the leader of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), which was founded in September 1995 to oppose the invasion of the Bay and Bakool regions by Mohamed Farah Aideed's Somali National Alliance (SNA). The RRA supported, for a time, the prospects of forming a new Transitional National Government (TNG) under President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.

[edit] President of Southwestern Somalia (SWS)

Main article: Southwestern Somalia

On April 1, 2002, he became the first President of the ostensibly autonomous self-proclaimed state in Somalia.[2][3] The organization of the autonomous state was thought to be a move to show the disaffection of the RRA with the nascent Mogadishu-based Transitional National Government (TNG) and an act to counter the influence of the Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) in the same regions.[3] However, internal disputes erupted between Shatigadud, who wished to support the new Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) and his two deputies, Sheikh Aden Madobe and Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, who wished to continue to support the TNG. The conflict resulted in many deaths and calls for Shatigadud to step down as President.[4] Habsade continued to meet with TNG leaders ostensibly with the hope of being part of the nascent national government.[5] The warring leaders of the RRA were eventually reconciled and, though conflicts periodically erupted thereafter, all joined the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) at its formation.

[edit] Transitional Federal Government (TFG)

Shatigadud has served since November 2004 as a Member of Parliament of the 275-seat Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP).[6] and since January 2005 as Minister of Finance for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).[7][8]

Shatigadud was appointed Minister of National Security in the government of Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein on December 2, 2007, but he, along with three other ministers from the Rahanwein clan, resigned on December 3, saying that the Rahanwein had not been given a fair share of posts in Hussein's government.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Southern regional authorities: the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) (2004). Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  2. ^ "SOMALIA: RRA sets up autonomous region", IRIN, 2002-04-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-04. 
  3. ^ a b "Third autonomous region breaks with Somalia", Afrol News, 2002-03-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-04. 
  4. ^ "Baidoa uneasy as RRA leaders wrangle", IRIN, 2002-06-27. Retrieved on 2007-02-04. 
  5. ^ "SOMALIA: RRA leaders in talks with TNG", IRIN, 2002-09-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-04. 
  6. ^ SELECTED MEMBERS OF TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL PARLIAMENT OF SOMALIA (November 2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  7. ^ Prime Minister Geedi announced his second cabinet line up. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  8. ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments CIA, November 22, 2006
  9. ^ Ahmed Mohamed, "Somali president flown to Kenya hospital", Reuters (IOL), December 4, 2007.


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