Abdiqasim Salad Hassan

Abdiqasim Salad
عبد القاسم سلطة حسن
Salad in 2005
5th President of Somalia
In office
27 August 2000 – 14 October 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)
Goldogob, Italian East Africa
Alma materMoscow State University (1965)

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (Somali: Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan;[1] Arabic: عبد القاسم سلطة حسن; born on 1 January 1942), also known as Abdiqasim Salad,[2] is a Somali politician who served as the fifth President of Somalia from 2000 to 2004. He helped found the Transitional National Government and previously served as Interior Minister and Finance Minister in the government of Siad Barre.

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

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