Somali Council of Ministers

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The Somali Council of Ministers consists of members appointed by the prime minister.

The new PM, Nur Hassan Hussein, announced on 2007-12-16 that he had dissolved the cabinet and would form a new one, which would have much fewer ministers than the previous thirty. He also stated half of them would be from outside the transitional parliament.^[1]

Fifteen ministers and five assistants were appointed on 2008-01-04, with three more ministers to be appointed later. Among the newcomers in the new line-up are several ministers from outside parliament, including the ministers of defence and finance. The country's interior minister, Mohamed Mohamoud Guled, lost his position, while Ahmed Abdi Salan, co-founder of Horn Afrik Media Corporation and a Somali-Canadian, was appointed deputy prime minister and information minister.^[2]

[edit] Members of the Council of Ministers

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Prime Minister	Nur Hassan Hussein Nur Adde	2008–incumbent
Minister of Defense	Muhyadin Muhammad Haji Ibrahim	2008–incumbent
Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism	Hussein Elabe Fahiye	2008–incumbent
Minister of Finance and Planning	Muhammad Ali Hamud	2008–incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and Religious Affairs	Salim Aliyow Ibrow	2008–incumbent
Minister of Air and Land Transport and Ports	Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade	2008–incumbent
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	Ali Ahmad Jama Jingili	2008–incumbent
Minister of Regional Development and Federal Affairs	Abdirazak Ashkir Abdi	2008–incumbent
Minister of Minerals and Energy	Muhammad Ali Salah Kangeh	2008–incumbent
Minister of Posts and Communications	Abdi Muhammad Tarah	2008–incumbent
Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security	Muse Nur Amin	2008–incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information, Youth Affairs, and Sports	Muhammad Abdisalan Adan	2008–incumbent
Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Urban Development	Shaykh Ali Duhulow	2008–incumbent
Minister of Public Works and Construction	Nur Idow Beyle	2008–incumbent
Minister of Gender Development and Family Affairs	Khadija Muhammad Diriye	2008–incumbent
Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Culture	Aydid Abdullahi Ilka Hanaf	2008–incumbent
Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information and Youth	Ahmad Abdisalam Adan	2008–incumbent
Minister of Minerals and Energy	Muhammad Ali Salah Kange	2008–incumbent
Minister of Agriculture	Mustafa Ali Dhuhulow	2008–incumbent

Cabinet list is accurate as of February 2008^[3].

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali premier dissolves cabinet
2. ^ AFP: Somali PM unveils downsized cabinet
3. ^ "SOMALIA: Government Team Named" (2008). Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 45: 17381A-17381C.