The South-West State of Somalia,is a Federal Member State in southwestern Somalia. It was founded by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud,leader of the Somalia RRA on 1 April 2002. It was the third autonomous region to be established.
The president of Somalia is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Republic of Somalia,and the unity of the Somali nation,as well as ensuring the implementation of the Constitution of Somalia and the organised and harmonious functioning of the organs of state. Currently,the president of Somalia is indirectly elected,chosen by the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was a Somali politician and former military officer. He was one of the founders of the rebel Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF),as well as the Puntland state of Somalia,the latter of which he served as the first president. In 2004,Yusuf also helped establish the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),which he led as President of Somalia from 2004 until 2008.
The Rahanweyn,also known as the Digil and Mirifle is a major Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa,with a large territory in the densely populated fertile valleys of the Jubba and Shebelle rivers and the areas inbetween,which are mainly inhabited by settlers from the Digil and Mirifle lineages.
The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was internationally recognized as a provisional government of the Somalia from 14 October 2004 until 20 August 2012,when its tenure officially ended and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) was inaugurated.
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan is a Somali politician. He is a former Minister of Finance of Somalia,and the last speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP).
The transitional federal government (TFG) was the government of Somalia between 2004 and 2012. Established 2004 in Djibouti through various international conferences,it was an attempt to restore national institutions to the country after the 1991 collapse of the Siad Barre government and the ensuing Somali Civil War.
Colonel Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud (1946-2013) was a Somali politician and faction leader. He served as the chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA),and subsequently as the first President of the short-lived Southwestern Somalia autonomous regional state. Shatigadud was later a Member of the Transitional Federal Parliament,and was eventually appointed Minister of Finance in the Transitional Federal Government. Shatigadud was succeeded as president by Madobe Nunow.
Villa Somalia in Mogadishu,is the palace and principal workplace of the president of Somalia. The current occupant of Villa Somalia is President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS).
Aden Mohamed Nuur Madobe,popularly known as Aden Madobe,is a Somali politician who is the current Speaker of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia since April 2022. He previously served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army,before later joining the newly formed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia as Minister of Justice and Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament. From 29 December 2008 to 31 January 2009,Madobe briefly served as acting president of Somalia. In January 2014,he was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce.
Sheikh Mukhtar Robow,also known as Abu Mansur,is a former deputy leader and former spokesman of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab. In 2015,he defected from Al-Shabaab due to ideology issues after years of hiding in his hometown. In 2022,Robow was appointed as the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Somali government.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Somalia on 30 January 2009. Due to the security situation in Baidoa,it was held in Djibouti. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed won the election.
The Federal Parliament of Somalia is the national parliament of Somalia. Formed in August 2012,it is based in the capital Mogadishu and is bicameral,consisting of an Upper House (Senate) and a Lower House.
Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle,also known as Muse Sayyid Hassan or Mussa Hassan Sheikh Abdulle,is a senior Somali military figure and politician. He has been the acting president of Somalia and interim speaker of the Federal Parliament. He is Somalia's ambassador to Italy.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is a Somali politician who has served as the president of Somalia since May 2022,having previously held the office from 2012 to 2017. He is the founder and current chairman of the Union for Peace and Development Party. He was indirectly elected as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia on 15 May 2022,defeating the incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. A civil and political rights activist,Hassan was previously a university professor and dean at SIMAD University,which he co-founded.
The Daljir Party was a liberal political party in Somalia. It developed from the tradition of socially conservative Islamism,but officially abandoned this ideology in favour of "conservative democracy".
Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Laftagareen) عبدالعزيزحسنمحمد(Somali:Cabdicasiis Xasan Maxamed) is the fourth president of the South West State of Somalia who was elected by representatives of South West regional state assembly on December 19th,2018. In 2019,Laftagareen had a committee appointed to deal with security issues. Laftagareen had close ties with former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo,in which he served as a minister before becoming the president of the regional state.
Events in the year 2022 in Somalia.
