Said Hassan Shire

Said Hassan Shire
سعيد حسن شاير
Occupation politician
Title Speaker of the Puntland Parliament

Said Hassan Shire (Somali: Siciid Xasan Shire, Arabic: سعيد حسن شاير‎) is a Somalian politician. He is the Speaker of the autonomous Puntland region's parliament.

Biography

Shire is in his 40s, and hails from the northern Sanaag region of Somalia.[1]

He has held various positions in both the Puntland regional administration and the central government. In 2000, Shire served as an MP in the Transitional National Government's interim parliament. He later acted as a Deputy Minister in the Transitional Federal Government in 2007.[1] Since 2010, Shire also served as the Puntland Minister of Livestock and Animal Husbandry.[2]

In December 2013, Shire was among 66 new MPs appointed to the Puntland parliament. He subsequently ran for Parliament Speaker during the 2014 Puntland elections, winning the third round ballot 40 votes to 26 votes against the runner-up, former Speaker of Parliament MP Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi of Mudug.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "SOMALIA: Puntland parliament elects new Speaker ahead of presidential election". Raxanreeb. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Somalia: Former Cabinet minister elected as new Puntland Parliament Speaker". Garowe Online. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
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