Hussein Maalim
Minister of State of Kenya
In office
1983 – Jan. 2002

Hussein Maalim Mohamed (Somali: Huseen Maalim Maxamed) is a Kenyan politician. He is a former Minister of State in the office of the president.[1]

Career

Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali family from the Abdulwak sub-clan of the Ogaden Darod.[2][3] His older brother Mahamoud Mohamed was the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces,[1] and was responsible for successfully suppressing the 1982 coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi.[4]

In 1983, Hussein became the first Somali to be appointed to Kenya's cabinet, when he was named Minister of State in the office of the presidency.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of African Affairs (1983). AF Press Clips. p. 64.
  2. ↑ IWGIA Newsletter, Issue 37. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. 1984. p. 96.
  3. ↑ Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and Customs of Somalia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 0313313334.
  4. ↑ Society. Nyamora Communications Limited. 1992. p. 12.
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