Abdul Majid Hussein (Somali: Cabdulmajiid Xuseen; Arabic: عبد المجيد حسين; Amharic: አብዱልመጂድ ሑሴን) born 1944[1]), also called የማሰብ ችሎታ ያለው አንበሳ (The Intelligent Lion), is an Ethiopian politician, who was the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations.[2][3] He was the chairman of the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, from 1995 to 1998.[4][5] He was a senior government economist.[6] In 1997, Abdulmajid was appointed Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia, and he served as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia from 1997 to 2001.[7] In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, and served as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations till his death.[2][1][3]
Biography
Abdulmajid Hussein was born Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Hussein belonged to the Habr Awal subclan of the Isaaq, and specifically the Abdale-muse sub-clan.[4] In the 1960s he attended highschool in Harar city, and was schoolmates with former Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia president Kemal Bedri.[8] In 1992, he was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market.[6] In 1995, he became the leader of Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and was the victim of an assassination attempt during turmoils against Somalia's Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya.[4][5] By 1998, he had served in the government for 7 years, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, a job he had refused in 1998.[7][2]
Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers
SRS Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers Education in Jigjiga is named after him.[9] The college was established in 2004. It is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres for teachers in the region. Since the beginning of establishment of the college 28 batches have graduated.[9]
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- ^ a b c "Setback for Horn peace deal". BBC News. 23 March 2001.
- ^ a b "UN ambassador rejects idea of "greater Somalia"". The New Humanitarian. 12 February 2002.
- ^ a b c Farah, Ahmed Yusuf (3 April 1996). "Report on the Peace and Development Conference, Jigjiga, 10-13 March 1996". United Nations.
- ^ a b Marcus, Harold G. (2002). A History of Ethiopia. University of California Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN 9780520925427.
- ^ a b Richburg, Keith B. (25 February 1992). "Ethiopia, Eritrea, try free-market capitalism". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b "World: Africa Ethiopian minister goes". BBC News. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Verdier, Isabelle (1997). Ethiopia The Top 100 People. Indigo Publications. p. 28. ISBN 978-2-905760-12-8.
- ^ a b MUHUMED, KADAR BUDUL (June 2021). "DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS: THE CASE OF Dr. ABDULMEJID HUSSEIN COLLEGE OF TEACHERS EDUCATION, SOMALI REGIONAL STATE" (PDF).
