Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah (Somali: Cabdishakuur Sheekh Xasan Faarax, Arabic: عبدي الشكور الشيخ حسن) (died 10 June 2011) was a Somali politician. He served as the Minister of Interior Affairs and National Security in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah عبدي الشكور الشيخ حسن | |
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| Minister of Interior Affairs & National Security of Somalia | |
| In office 12 November 2010 – 10 June 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 10 June 2011 Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Political party | Transitional Federal Government |
Biography
editOn 12 November 2010, Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah was appointed Somalia's Minister for Internal Affairs and Security by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the nation's new Prime Minister.[1] Part of a leaner, technocratic administration, the Cabinet was widely lauded as a welcome break from previous governments.[2][3]
On 10 June 2011, he died at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu from injuries sustained after a suicide bomber had evaded security and entered his home in Mogadishu. The bomber was his teenage niece Haboon Abdulkadir Hersi Qaaf, who had been recruited by the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab.[4][5]
The office of Prime Minister Mohamed subsequently issued a press release declaring 11 June a national day of mourning in memory of Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Somali Premier Unveils New Cabinet" Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Garowe Online. 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Somali Prime Minister Unveiled His Cabinet" Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Al Shahid. November 12, 2010.
- ^ "Somali lawmakers pass proposed Cabinet", Hiiraan.com, 27 November 2010.
- ^ Ahmed, Akbar (2004). The Thistle and the Drone. Brookings Institution Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780815723790.
- ^ "Somali minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan 'killed by niece'", BBC News. 10 June 2011.
- ^ Ahmed, Abdalle (11 June 2011). "Somalia: Office of Prime Minister declares national day of mourning". RBC Radio. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011.
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