Abdikassim Salat Hassan

Abdikassim Salat Hassan

Abdikassim Salat Hassan (* 1941; also written Abdiqasim Salad Hassan , Somali : Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan ; Arabic عبد القاسم صلاد حسن, DMG ʿAbdu l-Qāsim Ṣalād Ḥasan ) was President of the Transitional Government of Somalia from 2000–2004 . He belongs to the Somali clan of the Ayr-Habar-Gedir- Hawiye .

In the Siad Barres regime , Abdikassim Salat Hassan was at times interior minister and a staunch supporter of what Barre had declared a state ideology to be "scientific socialism". He later turned to Hawiye unity and, to some extent, Islamism . On August 27, 2000, during peace talks in exile in Arta (Djibouti) , he was appointed interim president, which he held until October 14, 2004. His government remained in exile during this time and controlled only parts of the Somali capital Mogadishu . The hope associated with the election of Abdikassim Salat Hassan that he would find the support of the Hawiye warlords fighting in Mogadishu was not fulfilled.

On March 8, 2004, the first nationwide campaign against female genital cutting , which is carried out on around 95% of girls in Somalia, began. Abdikassim Salat Hassan spoke of a crime against religion and against humanity. It was the first time that a prominent politician in Somalia spoke openly about the taboo subject.

His mandate actually expired in August 2003. However, shortly before his mandate expired, Abdikassim Salat Hassan withdrew from the talks that were supposed to lead to the formation of a new government. This brought him the accusation on the part of the Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah of dragging out the negotiations in order to stay in office longer. Farah was then released and replaced by Muhammad Abdi Yusuf . But Abdikassim Salat Hassan promised to make room for his successor if necessary. He was among the candidates for the presidency of the new transitional government, but was not one of the three who made it past the first ballot. The next interim president of Somalia was Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed . A few days after this election, Hassan peacefully resigned from office.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ken Menkhaus: Somalia: A Situation Analysis [http://somali-civilsociety.org/templates/oxfamtemp/downloads/menkhaus%20FULL%20article%20NOV%202000.pdf] (Link not available) (PDF)
2. ^ ^{A b} Ioan M. Lewis : Understanding Somalia and Somaliland , 2008, ISBN 9780231700849 (p. 82)