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.[1]
Aden was the first Somali surgeon who received his medical training at the University of Rome and practiced at Mogadishu General Hospital.[1] He enter politics in the 1970s and held various cabinet positions.[1] Aden was also a central committee member of the only political party allowed in Somalia, the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party.[1] On 9 June 1982, he was one of seven parliamentarians arrested and accused of treason for having criticized the government of President Siad Barre.[1] Aden was the president of the Somali National Academy of Sciences and Arts at the time of his arrest.[1]
He was also the former Head of the Ideology Bureau SRRC and Somali Technological Development.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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