Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden

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Sheikh Sharif Hassan Adan (Somali: Shariif Xasan Sheekh Aadan) is a Somali politician and former Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia. He is of the Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) clan, of the Adan Mirifle (Siyeed) Asharaaf subclan.[1]

[edit] Transitional Federal Government (TFG)

In 2005, he was opposed to the establishment of a new capital in Jowhar, which was the preference of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, demanding the capital be returned to Mogadishu. Baidoa was selected as a compromise location.[2]

On October 6, 2005, he was quoted as saying, "In my view, Ethiopia does not want a functioning government in Somalia and I want to see that the world knows this. Even if Ethiopia does want a government here, it wants a fiefdom government - multiple governments which are all weak."[3]

On January 17, 2007, the Parliament voted to oust him due to his opposition of a peacekeeping force for Somalia and his expressions of support and unauthorized meetings with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU)[4] which acted against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and his opposition to Ethiopian intervention in the 2006–2007 Somali war, with 183 votes against him, eight in favor and one abstention.[5][6] Justice Minister Adan Mohamed Nuur became his successor in Parliamentary elections on January 31, 2007, and sworn in on February 3, 2007.

Preceded by
vacant		 Parliamentary Speaker of
Somalia
September 15, 2004–January 17, 2007		 Succeeded by
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Prime Minister Geedi announced his second cabinet line up. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  2. ^ "Profile: Somalia's maverick ex-speaker", BBC, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2007-02-03. 
  3. ^ Exclusive: Interview with Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Speaker of Parliament, Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic. Jane's Information Group (2005-10-06). Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  4. ^ "Somali Islamists back peace talks", BBC, 2006-11-05. Retrieved on 2007-02-03. 
  5. ^ "Somali speaker tied to Islamists ousted", Associated Press, 2007-01-17. Retrieved on 2007-02-03. 
  6. ^ Somali parliament votes to oust dissident speaker


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