Jama Ali Jama

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Jama Ali Jama (Somali: Jaamac Cali Jaamac) was elected as president of Puntland in November 2001[1][2] but was overthrown in May 2002 by Abdullahi Yusuf after some months in office.[3] Today, he is a parliamentarian of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) and leads the opposition to Yusuf's policy. He was a former colonel in the Somali military. Mohamed Siad Barre, the ex-Somali president, accused Jama of trying to overthrow him and imprisoned Jama for 11 years.

He was educated in Moscow, and the Soviet Union promoted him in the late 1980s as the chief ideologue of socialism in East Africa. He belongs to the Muuse suldaan, a subclan of Cisman Mahmoud that itself is part of Majeerteen Darod.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Somalia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005. US Department of State (2006-03-08). Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  2. ^ Puntland on the Verge of Civil War. Somaliland Times. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  3. ^ "Analysis: Somalia's Powerbrokers", BBC, 2002-01-08. Retrieved on 2007-02-03. 


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Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | Yusuf Haji Nur* | Jama Ali Jama | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | Mohamed Abdi Hashi* | Mohamud Muse Hersi
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