Hassan Abshir Farah
| Hassan Abshir Farah حسن ابشير فرح |
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| Member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia | |
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Assumed office August 20, 2012 |
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| Prime Minister of Somalia | |
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In office November 12, 2001 – December 8, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Osman Jama Ali |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Abdi Yusuf |
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June 20, 1945 Garowe |
| Political party | Independent |
| Residence | Mogadishu |
| Alma mater |
Egyptian Military Academy Somali National University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www |
Hassan Abshir Farah (Somali: Xasan Xaraami, Arabic: حسن ابشير فرح) (born June 20, 1945) is a veteran Somali politician. He previously served as mayor of Mogadishu and interior minister of Puntland. From November 12, 2001 to December 8, 2003, he was also prime minister of Somalia. Farah is an MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
Farah was born in 1945 in the former Italian Somaliland. He hails from Majeerteen subclan of Darod. Between 1961 and 1965, he attended secondary school in Mogadishu, the nation's capital. He spent the next two years at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo, Egypt. Between 1980 and 1986, Hassan also studied at the Somali National University, where he obtained a degree in Law.
Farah's political career began in 1969, when he was a junior member of the military junta that took control of Somalia in 1969 under Siad Barre. His first official role was working as vice district commissioner of Mogadishu. In the 1970s, Hassan was appointed mayor of Mogadishu. During this period, he worked with the National Security Service to have many opponents to the government arrested. He also served as governor of Shabeellaha Dhexe and Bakool, and as the Somali ambassador to Japan and Germany. While governor, he opposed the rising force of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), which resisted Siad Barre's rule.
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