Abdiqasim Salad Hassan

President of Somalia

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (Somali: Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan;[1] Arabic: عبدي قاسم صلاد حسن; born on January 1, 1942) or Abdiqasim Salad[2] is a Somali politician. He helped found the Transitional National Government. He was President of Somalia from 2000 to 2004.

Abdiqasim Salad
عبدي قاسم صلاد
5th President of Somalia
In office
August 27, 2000 – October 14, 2004
Prime MinisterAli Khalif Galaydh
Osman Jama Ali
Muhammad Abdi Yusuf
Preceded byAli Mahdi Muhammad
Succeeded byAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Personal details
Born (1942-01-01) 1 January 1942 (age 82)
Galdogob, Italian East Africa
Alma materMoscow State University (1965)

References

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  1. With various transliterations into English, e.g. Abdiqaasim Salaad Hassan, Abdi Qaasim, etc.
  2. "Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies". 2007.