Aden Mohamed Ali
آدن محمدعلي
Minister
In office
1964–1989
PresidentSiad Barre
Succeeded byAbdiqasim Salad Hassan
Personal details
Born13 December 1939 (1939-12-13) (age 84)
Baargaal, Somalia
Political partySupreme Revolutionary Council
Alma materInstitute of Teaching

Aden Mohamed Ali (Somali: Aadan Maxamed Cali, Arabic: آدن محمدعلي; born 13 December 1939) is a senior Somali politician. He was the longest-serving minister in the government of Mohamed Siad Barre, in which he was Minister of Labor and Sports in 1975,[1] Minister of Education in 1977[2] and Minister of Fisheries, Ports and Marine Transport in 1990.[3] He is a member of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, and became a member of the parliament from 2000–2009.

Start of National Service

Biography

Aden was born in Bargal, situated in the east Bari region of Somalia. The city was at the time part of Italian Somaliland. His family hailed from the Siwaaqroon-Majeerteen Harti Daarood clan.

Academic standards

He attended a Quranic school, primary school in Bargal, and later graduated from a teacher's institute in Mogadishu.

Career

In 1960, Aden became a teacher. In 1965, he was promoted to Chairman of the teachers' union. In 1966, he was the Secretary General of the Somali Trade Union Confederation, an umbrella organization of twenty-three unions. These included unions in health, education, agriculture, industry, public works, ports and maritime transport, and local governments. In 1970, he was the Governor of Banadir. Banadir at that time consisted of three regions: Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle and Mogadishu, located from Adan Yabal to Barawe. As governor, he was involved in changes in education in the country, new curriculum, Somali language writing, Bar or Baro campaign, rural development campaign, writing committees, expatriate students and national service students. In 1974, he became Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Sports. In 1976, he became the Minister of Education. In 1982, he became the foreign affairs leadership of the Somali Socialist Party. In 1988, he was the financial and administrative leader of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. In 1985, he was a member of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.


References

  1. Current World Leaders: Biography and news. Almanac of Current World Leaders. 1975. p. ix.
  2. Field, Michael (2016). Middle East Annual Review. Springer. p. 346. ISBN 9781349032488.
  3. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. Library of Congress. 1990. p. 74. OCLC 23827240.
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