Suleiman Mohamoud Adan (Somali: Saleebaan Maxamuud Aadan, Arabic: سليمان محمود آدم), also known as Saleebaan Gaal is a Somaliland politician and the current speaker of Somaliland House of Elders since 28 August 2004.[3]
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]
See also
- House of Elders (Somaliland)
- Ministry of Finance (Somaliland)
- Parliament of Somaliland
- Politics of Somaliland
References
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- ^ "Ministry of Finance of Somaliland - Former Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
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- ^ "Abtirsi.com : Saleiban "Gal" Mahamud Adan". www.abtirsi.com. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ a b Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series. Blackwell. 1997.
- ^ "Somaliland: The Strains of Success | Crisis Group". www.crisisgroup.org. 2015-10-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ "Between Somaliland and Puntland – Rift Valley Institute". riftvalley.net. p. 92. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ a b c SAAB TV (2021-07-02). Taariikhda Saleebaan Maxamuud Aadan Iyo Wararka Ku Gedaaman Is-Casilaadiisa. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ Halgan: Organ of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. Central Committee of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. 1979.
- ^ Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2016-04-01). The Suicidal State in Somalia: The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 1969–1991. UPA. ISBN 978-0-7618-6720-3.
- ^ Horn of Africa Bulletin. Life & Peace Institute. 1991.
- ^ "Somaliland:Speaker of Somaliland House of Elders has spoken about a Ploy by Somalia Government to Bring Armed Militias in Tukaraq". Somaliland Sun. 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Somaliland elders extend President Kahin's rule". Reuters. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "The Rebirth Of Somaliland (17): An Inspiration Of Democracy And Pluralism In Africa". Saxafi Media. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ Hersi, Mohamed Farah (2015-05-29). "Confronting the Future of Somaliland's Democracy: Lessons from a Decade of Multi-partyism and the Way Forward". Africa Portal. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Jhazbhay, Iqbal (19–20 August 2010). "Civil Society & their role in Africa's struggle to deepen democracy: Experiences of Somaliland in the Horn" (PDF). African Participatory Democracy Conference, SACP.
- ^ "Xisbiga UDUB Oo Xaflad Ugu Dabbaal-degay Guushii ay Ka Gaadheen Doorashooyinkii; "Umaddii Way Dil-Dilaacday Oo Way Qaybsantay, Waxay U Baahan Tahay UDUB-bay Wax Dil-Dilaaca Tola," Saleebaan Maxamuud Aadan (Saleebaan-Gaal)". www.haatuf.net. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
