Nur Hassan Hussein, popularly known as Nur Ade, has been appointed Somalia’s new prime minister by President Abdullahi Yusuf, according to IRINnews, Thursday.
Hussein, in his 70s, replaces Ali Mohamed Gedi who resigned on 29 October.
A Lawyer by training, Hussein is a former police colonel who, until his appointment, had been the secretary-general of the Somali Red Crescent Society since 1991.
Like his predecessor, Hussein is a member of the Abdgal sub-clan of the Hawiye clan, which is dominant in Mogadishu.
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A Nairobi-based analyst, who requested anonymity, said:
– Hussein’s appointment offers the TFG [Transitional Federal Government] an opportunity to reach out to various opposition groups and launch an inclusive political dialogue about the completion of the transition.
He has a reputation as a capable administrator and technocrat who has steered the Somali Red Crescent Society during a very difficult period in Somali history.
Hussein has been described as a man who is not tainted by the civil war and the TFG’s political wars.
Kilde: www.irinnews.org
