Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (Somali: Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسين مختار; December 9, 1912 – June 12, 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Somalia in 1969.[2]
Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein مختار محمد حسين | |
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Acting President of Somalia and 4th Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia | |
In office March 1, 1967 – October 21, 1969 | |
Preceded by | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Siad Barre |
Personal details | |
Born | December 9, 1912 Huddur, Italian Somaliland |
Died | June 12, 2012 (aged 99)[1] Nairobi, Kenya |
Nationality | Somali |
Political party | Somali Youth League (SYL) |
Spouse(s) | Baar Ismaan and Fadumo Meyre |
Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.[3]
In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).[4] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.[5]
He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at 99 years old.[6] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.[7]