Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
Somali politician
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Suleiman Mohamoud Adan (Somali: Saleebaan Maxamuud Aadan, Arabic: سليمان محمود آدم), also known as Saleebaan Gaal is a Somaliland politician and the speaker of Somaliland House of Elders since 28 August 2004.[3]
Suleiman Mohamoud Adan سليمان محمود آدم | |
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| 2nd Speaker of the Somaliland House of Elders | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2004[1] | |
| President | Dahir Riyale Kahin Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Muse Bihi Abdi Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Madar |
| 7th Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1996[2]–1997 | |
| President | Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal |
| Preceded by | Awil Haji Omar |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Ainab Muse |
| 1st Minister of Interior | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| President | Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Muse Bihi Abdi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1937 (age 88–89) |
Biography
Suleiman Mohamoud Adan Yusuf was born in 1937.[4][5] He belongs to the Solomadow subclan of the Habr Je'lo Isaaq.[6][7]
Suleiman worked as a teacher and principal in various schools throughout Somalia, eventually rising to become the director of the Somali Curriculum Development Office.[8] In 1980 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education, and in 1987 he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Fisheries.[9][8] He later defected to the Somali National Movement in 1989.[10][8]
In 1991 he was appointed Minister of Interior in Somaliland's first government under President Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur.[3][11] Under President Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal's administration, he also served as Minister of Education[3] and later as the Minister of Finance.[3][12][13]
In 1997, he contested Somaliland’s 1997 presidential election against incumbent President Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal and Mohamed Hashi, though Egal retained the presidency.[14][5] He also contested the 2002 Somaliland municipal elections as chairman of the ASAD political association before later joining the then ruling UDUB party after ASAD's dissolution.[15][16][17]
In 2004 he was elected Speaker of the House of Elders, a legislative body comprising 82 members with six-year terms.[3]
