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Mohamed Abdi Hashi

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Mohamed Abdi Hashi
محمد عبدي هاشي
2nd President of Puntland
In office
October 2004 – 8 January 2005
Vice PresidentMohamed Ali Yusuf (Gaagaab)
Preceded byAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Succeeded byMohamud Muse Hersi
1st Vice President of Puntland
In office
August 01, 1998 – September 2004
PresidentAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Succeeded byMohamed Ali Yusuf (Gaagaab)
Personal details
Died12 July 2020
Nairobi, Kenya

Mohamed Abdi Hashi (Somali: Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi, Arabic: محمد عبدي هاشي; died 12 July 2020) was a Somali politician, who served as the president of USP during the 1990s. He hailed from the Dhulbahante clan, Qayaad sub clan.[1]

He was the Vice President under Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed from August 1998 to October 2004.[2][3] He was the interim President of Puntland from October 2004 to 8 January 2005.[4]

He died in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on 12 July 2020.[5] On 15 July he was buried in Garowe.[6]

Biography

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Mahamed Abdi is from the Qayaad branch of the Dhulbahante clan.[7][8]

Mahamed Abdi was born in the rural community of Hargaga, west of Las Anod in the Sool region.[9]

A son, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdi Hashi, was born in September 1955.[10]

Political careers

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He chaired the United Somali Party (USP), a political organization created in 1991.

In January 1993 he attended a Somali civil war reconciliation conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[11]。

At the end of 1996, Mahamed Abdi and other anti-Somaliland factions with the support of the diaspora held a Dhulbahante clan meeting in Bo'ame, where a resolution was passed to unite the Halti, consisting of the Dhulbahante clan and others. This was one of the triggers for the later founding of Puntland.[8]

Vice President Puntland to Interim President

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In 1998, when Puntland was founded, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed became president.[2]

According to a pre-election agreement, the president was to come from the Majeerteen clan, the vice president from the Dulbahante clan, and the speaker of the assembly from the Warsangali clan. The vice presidency was to be contested among the branches of the Dulbahante clan, with Mahamed Abdi, Ahmed Abdi Mohamed, and Yasin Ali Abdulle Tamat, of which Mahamed Abdi became vice president.[12]: 196 

Mahamed Abdi would serve as vice president (and interim president) for the next six-plus years, often at odds with the power-hungry President Yusuf.[13]

Meanwhile, to end the Somali Civil War, other countries supported the reconstruction of the central government of Somalia, and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia was established as a preparatory body. Mahamed Abdi became president of Puntland as a bridge until the next Puntland presidential elections.[2][14]

Note that Abdullahi Yusuf was ousted from the presidency once in 2001, and for a few months, people such as Yusuf Haji Nur and Jama Ali Jama took over as president, so Mahamed Abdi is formally the fifth president of Puntland. However, Yusuf Haji Nur and Jama Ali Jama were soon ousted militarily, and Yusuf became president again, so Mahamed Abdi is sometimes described as the “second president of Puntland."[15] On the other hand, he is sometimes referred to as the interim president because of his elevated position from vice president until the next presidential election.[16]

At the end of October 2004, fighting broke out between Puntland and neighboring Somaliland to the west. In response, President Mahamed Abdi sent a letter to President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia saying that the situation was “very dangerous.” [17]

On January 8, 2005, Mahamed Abdi ran for President of Puntland, but the parliamentary vote resulted in 30 votes for Mahamed Abdi and 35 votes for Mohamud Muse Hersi,[18] and Mahamed Muse Hersi was elected President of Puntland.[2]

Thereafter

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In April 2019, Mahamed Abdi received a visit from Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni at his home in Nairobi, Kenya.[19]

Mahamed Abdi fell ill in Nairobi, Kenya, and died shortly thereafter on July 12, 2020.[20][21] Mahamed Abdi was buried in Garowe, the capital of Puntland.[22][23]。

Family

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References

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  1. ^ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780810866041. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Somali Family Services". Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended". U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 February 2005 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2005. p. 3914.
  5. ^ "Former Somalia PM and ex-Puntland president separately die in Turkey and Kenya". Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Madaxweynihii hore ee Puntland oo lagu aasay Garoowe". VOA (in Somali). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780810866041. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b Markus Virgil Hoehne (2015). "Between Somaliland and Puntland" (PDF). p. 55. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Former Puntland President, Mohamed Abdi Hashi died in Nairobi". goobjoog.com. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Akhriso: Taariikh Nololeedka Dhammaan Wasiirrada Xukuumadda Ra'isul Wasaare Xasan Khayre". goobjoog.com. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Agreement on implementing the cease-fire and on modalities of disarmament" (PDF). 8 January 1993. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  12. ^ Markus V. Hoehne (January 2011). "Political Orientations and Repertoires of Identification: State and Identity Formation in Northern Somalia". Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  13. ^ "MAQAAL KOOBAN: Kuma ayuu aha Madaxweyne Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi (Xarigii isku hayay Puntland & Gobalka Sool)?". puntlandtimes.ca. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  14. ^ Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2005. p. 3914.
  15. ^ "Jubbaland oo ka hadashay geerida madaxweynihii 2aad ee Puntland" [Jubbaland spoke about the death of the 2nd president of Puntland]. Garowe online. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Former Puntland Vice President Mohamed Hashi dies in Kenya". Somaliland Standard. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Fighting breaks out between Somali regions". irishtimes.com. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  18. ^ Home Office Science and Research Group (October 2005). "OCTOBER 2005 SOMALIA" (PDF). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Madaxweyne Deni oo Haygooda Ku Booqday Madaxweynihii Hore ee Puntland Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi iyo RW Hore ee Soomaaliya Xasan Abshir Faarax". daljir.com. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Madaxweynihii 2aad ee Puntland Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi oo geeriyooday". theworldnews.net. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  21. ^ Former Somalia PM and ex-Puntland president separately die in Turkey and Kenya
  22. ^ "Aaska Qaran: Madaxweynihii hore ee Puntland Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi". horseedmedia.net. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Madaxweynihii hore ee Puntland oo lagu aasay Garoowe". VOA (in Somali). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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