Qamar Aden Ali
| Qamar Aden Ali قمر عدن علي | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health of Somalia | |
| In office 2007 – December 3, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Abdi Aziz Sheikh Yusuf |
| Succeeded by | Aadan Xaaji Ibraahim Daaud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1957 Benadir, Somalia |
| Died | 3 December 2009 (aged 52) Mogadishu, Benadir, Somalia |
| Resting place | Mogadishu, Benadir, Somalia |
| Nationality | Somalian British |
| Children | 2 children |
| Education | Political science Law |
| Occupation | Politician Lawyer |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Qamar Aden Ali (Somali: Qamar Aadan Cali, Arabic: قمر عدن علي) (b. 19 September 1957 - d. 3 December 2009) was a Somali lawyer and politician. She served as the Minister of Health in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
Biography
Qamar was born on 19 September 1957 in a small village outside of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. She was the third of 11 children. She spent her childhood in Mogadishu, where she also went to school and graduated from college. Qamar subsequently moved abroad to East Germany to study political science, and later studied law in England. She eventually graduated as a lawyer and became a British citizen. In the mid-1990s, Qamar returned to her native Somalia, where she later joined the nation's Transitional Federal Government. From 2007 until her death, she served as the national Minister of Health.[1]
Assassination
On 3 December 2009, Qamar, along with Minister of Education Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel and Minister of Higher Education Ibrahim Hassan Addow, was killed in a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu.[2]
References
- ↑ Shah, Allie (December 19, 2009). "Minneapolis surgeon feels calling back to Somalia". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Somalia al-Shabab Islamists deny causing deadly bomb". BBC News. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009.