Hassan Ali Mire

Hassan Ali Mire حسن علي مير
Chairman of the Somali Salvation Democratic Front
In office 1986–1991
Preceded by	Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Succeeded by	Mohamed Abshir Waldo
Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic
In office 1969–1970
Personal details
Born	Somalia
Alma mater	Princeton University

Dr. Hassan Ali Mire (Somali: Xasan Cali Mirreh; Arabic: حسن علي مير‎‎), also known as Hasaan ‘Ali Mirreh, is a Somali politician. During the early 1970s, he briefly served as the first Minister of Education of the Somali Democratic Republic. Mire later co-founded and chaired the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). In 1998, he was also among the founders of the autonomous Puntland State of Somalia.

Mire was born and raised in Somalia. He hails from the Omar Mahamud sub-clan of the Majeerteen Harti Darod.

For his post-secondary education, Mire studied in the United States. He earned a Ph.D. from the private Ivy League institution Princeton University in New Jersey.

On 15 October 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on 21 October 1969, in which the Somali Army seized power without encountering armed opposition – essentially a bloodless takeover. The putsch was spearheaded by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, who at the time commanded the army. The new Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that seized power subsequently named Mire as the Minister of Education in its first post-coup Cabinet. He resigned after nine months of his appointment to the office.

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