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| Mohamed Aden Sheikh محمد آدم الشيخ | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education Somalia | |
| Writer Politician scholer Doctor | |
| In office 4 Novenbar 1988 – 17 January 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdirahman Jama Bare |
| Minister of Health of Somalia | |
| In office 4 November 1987 – 17 January 1979 | |
| Minister of Information of Somalia | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1936 Kismayo, Somalia |
| Political party | SYL |
Mohamed Aden Sheikh (c. 1936 – 30 September 2010) was a Somali medical doctor and politician who held posts as Minister of Health, Minister of Education, and Minister of Information.
Aden was the first Somali surgeon who received his medical training at the University of Rome and practiced at Mogadishu General Hospital. He hails from the Marehan clan. He enter politics in the 1970s and held various cabinet positions. Aden was also a central committee member of the only political party allowed in Somalia, the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. On 9 June 1982, he was one of seven parliamentarians arrested and accused of treason for having criticized the government of President Siad Barre. Aden was the president of the Somali National Academy of Sciences and Arts at the time of his arrest.
He was also the former Head of the Ideology Bureau SRRC and Somali Technological Development.
References
- ^ National Academy of Sciences: Committee on Human Rights; Institute of Medicine: Committee on Health and Human Rights (1988). "The Parliamentarians". Scientists and Human Rights in Somalia: Report of a Delegation. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. p. 22.
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