Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

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Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Template:Langx, Template:Langx‎; 1912 – 12 June 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Somalia in 1969.[1]

Early life

Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.[2]

Politics

In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).[2] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.[2]

He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at about 100 years old.[3] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.[4]

References

  1. worldstatesmen.org
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