Aden Isaq Ahmed

Aden Isaq Ahmed or Aden Isaaq Ahmed (Somali: Aden Isaaq Axmed ama Aden Isxaaq Axmed, Arabic: أدن اساق أحمد; born 1923) was a Somali politician of the Somali Republic.

Honorable
Aden Isaq Ahmed

Aden Isaaq Axmed

أدن اساق أحمد
Minister of Public Education
In office
1967–1969
Minister of Transportation & Communication
In office
1966–1967
Minister of Defence
In office
1964–1966
First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow
In office
1961–1963
Personal details
Born1923 (1923)
Awdal, British Somaliland (now Somali)
NationalitySomali
ProfessionStatesman, Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and politician

History

Aden born in Awdal in 1923, he belonged to the Rer Ahamed (Reer Axamed), Gibril Yunus (Jibril Yoonis), Makahiil (Makahiil) section of the Gadabursi (Gadabuursi) or Samaron (Samaroon) clan. He served his country the Somali Republic as a Senior Diplomat in Moscow and was the second Somali man ever to set foot in the Russian capital. After arriving back in Somalia he took part in the elections to become a minister of parliament. He succeeded and served as the Minister of Defense, Minister of Transportation & Communication, Minister of Education. Prior to that he studied at the University of Oxford.[1][2][3][4]

Career
  • First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow (1961–1963)
  • Minister of Defense (1964–1966)
  • Minister of Transportation & Communication (1966–1967)
  • Minister of Public Education (1967–1969)
  • Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia (1969)
  • Somali Ambassador in Pakistan (1977–1984)
  • Somali Ambassador in Oman (1985–1988)

References
  1. Gassem, Mariam Arif (2002). Somalia: Clan Vs. Nation. Gassim.
  2. Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810866041.
  3. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The Center. March 1969.
  4. Service, United States Joint Publications Research (1969). Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa.
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