Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (Somali: Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan;[1] Arabic: عبدي قاسم صلاد حسن; born on January 1, 1942) or Abdiqasim Salad[2] is a Somali politician. He helped found the Transitional National Government. He was President of Somalia from 2000 to 2004.
Abdiqasim Salad عبدي قاسم صلاد | |
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| 5th President of Somalia | |
| In office August 27, 2000 – October 14, 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Ali Khalif Galaydh Osman Jama Ali Muhammad Abdi Yusuf |
| Preceded by | Ali Mahdi Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed |
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| Born | 1 January 1942 Galdogob, Italian East Africa |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1965) |
References
- ↑ With various transliterations into English, e.g. Abdiqaasim Salaad Hassan, Abdi Qaasim, etc.
- ↑ "Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies". 2007.