Abdullahi Issa
| Abdullahi Issa Mohamud عبد الله عيسى محمد |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Somalia | |
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In office 29 February 1956 – 1 July 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Inaugural |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal |
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| Born | 1921 Afgooye, Somalia |
| Died | 1988 (aged 66–67) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Somali Youth League |
| Religion | Islam |
Abdullahi Issa Mohamud (Somali: Cabdullaahi Ciise Maxamuud, Arabic: عبد الله عيسى محمد (b. 1921 – d. March 1988) was a Somali politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Somalia during the trusteeship period, serving from February 29, 1956 to July 1, 1960.
Issa was born in 1921 in the southern town of Afgooye. He hailed from the Sa'ad Habar Gidir clan, and his mother was from the Marehan clan. Issa's father died a couple of months after his birth. His mother subsequently moved the family to Mogadishu.
Nicknamed "Bidaar", Issa frequented an Italian primary institution in the capital, as well as a local Qur'anic school (madrassah). When the Second World War broke out, he was still a student.
Issa later relocated to the port of Merca at the age of sixteen, where he would work as a postal clerk. He thereafter returned to Mogadishu and assumed a position in the Department of Economic Affairs. Following the British military occupation of Italian Somaliland in the early 1940s, Issa was relieved from his duties. He then embarked on a business career.
After the turmoil of the war years, Issa joined the Somali Youth League (SYL) at its onset. He typified the Somali political elite of the period, as he was "young (age 38), intelligent, largely self-educated, confident, and determined". He quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the party's leaders. In 1948, he was appointed to the SYL's central committee, and eventually as its Secretary-General.
Issa later went to Paris and New York as an SYL delegate to proclaim the right of the Somali people to independence. After being appointed to office as an SYL deputy in the political elections of 1956, he was called in the same year to form Somalia's first government, thus becoming the nation's first Prime Minister.
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