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Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
Somali politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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