Adan Abdullahi Aw-Hassan
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Adan Abdullahi Aw-Hassan | |
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| Speaker of the North Eastern State Parliament of Somalia | |
| Assumed office 23 August 2025 | |
| President | Abdikhadir Ahmed Aw Ali |
| Preceded by | Jama Yassin Warsame |
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| Born | December 31, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Somali National University (B.Sc., 1982) / Utah State University (M.S.) / Oklahoma State University (Ph.D., 1992) |
Adan Abdullahi Aw-Hassan (Somali: Aadan Cabdullaahi Aw-Xasan, Arabic: آدم عبد الله أو حسن) is a Somali politician, and is a former agriculture minster, currently serving as the Speaker of the Northeastern State House of Representatives since August 2025.[1][2]
The Aw in his name is an honorific borne by his grandfather Hassan. Adan hails from the Fiqishini community of the Ayr (Habar Gidir) branch of the Hawiye clan.[3]
Adan was born in Las Anod on 31 December 1954; his parents are Abdullahi Aw-Hassan and Ardo Jama.[4] He began his early schooling—primary, middle, and secondary—in the cities of Las Anod and Burao in Somaliland, completing secondary education at Sheikh-Bashir Secondary School in Burao in June 1977.[5][4] He earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural Science from Somali National University in July 1982, an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Utah State University in July 1988, and—after a year of service back in Somalia—a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University in December 1992.[4][6]
Career before speakership
From October 1982 to August 1989, Adan worked with Somalia’s National Agricultural Extension Service; during this period he completed his M.S. in 1988 and then returned for a year of service (1988–1989).[4][6] After finishing his Ph.D. in December 1992, he joined the ICARDA, where he served for more than twenty-five years, retiring in December 2017 as Director of the Social, Economic and Policy Research Program.[6] He later served as Minister of Livestock in the provisional SSC-Khatumo administration, and in 2023 stood as a candidate for the vice presidency of the SSC administration.[7]