Mohamud Muse Hersi: Difference between revisions

| name = Mohamud "Adde" Muse Hersi <br /><small>محمد موسى حرسي</small>

| image = Cadde1Mohamed Muse Hersi (cropped).jpg

| order = [[List of Presidents of Puntland| = 3rd [[President of the Puntland]]

| vicepresident = [[Hassan Dahir Afqurac]]

| term_start = 8 January 2005

| term_end = 8 January 2009

| predecessor = [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]]

| successor = [[Abdirahman Mohamud Farole]]

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|7|1|df=y}}{{fact|date=September 2020}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|8|1937|7|1|df=y}}{{fact|date=September 2020}}

| birth_place = [[MogadishuBayla]], Somalia{{fact|date=September[[Italian 2020}}East Africa]]<ref name=pp20170214/>

| death_place = [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]]

| rank religion = [[Islam]]General

A former [[General]] in the [[Somali Armed Forces]] of long-time Somali president [[Mohamed Siad Barre]], Muse later became a local and state governor in northern Somalia before the outbreak of the [[Somali Civil War]]. He hails from the [[Osman Mohamoud (clan)|Bah-Dir Roble]] sub of the larger [[Osman Mahmoud|Osman Mahamuud]] sub-clan and is the great grandson of Xirsi Boqor Osman son of [[Osman Mohamoud (king)|Boqor Osman Mahamuud]].

*1963 – 1965 Secretariat to The Chief of Military Forces<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/41100-Profile-of-new-leaders.Garad-Abdiqani-voices-his-support-Rep-of.-SOOL-SANAG-amp-CAYN |title=ArchivedProfile copyof new leaders. Garad Abdiqani voices his support: Rep of. SOOL, SANAG& CAYN |accessdate=2013-03-19 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://archive.istoday/20130411202933/http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/41100-Profile-of-new-leaders.Garad-Abdiqani-voices-his-support-Rep-of.-SOOL-SANAG-amp-CAYN |archivedate=2013-04archive-date=11 April 2013 }}</ref>

He also served as a military attaché to [[China]] during the mid to late 1970s. After his stint in China, he later relocated to [[Canada]] in 1979, where he owned and managed several gas stations until the mid-1990s.<ref name="cbc.ca2008-11-26">{{cite news |title=Former Ottawa gas station operator rules home state of Somalia pirates|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-ottawa-gas-station-operator-rules-home-state-of-somali-pirates-1.720048 |work=www.cbc.ca|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|cbc]] |date=2008-11-26 November 2008 |accessdate=26 November 2008-11-26 }}</ref>

Muse died in the United Arab Emirates on 8 February 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-former-puntland-president-dies-in-uae|title=Somalia: Former Puntland President dies in UAE|last=|first=|date=8 February 2017|newspaper=Garowe Online|access-date=9 February 2017-02-09|work=|language=en-US|via=}}</ref>

In March 2005, then incumbent President Muse began an ambitious plan to build an airport in Puntland's commercial capital of [[Bosaso]], a project which is now complete and referred to as [[Bender Qassim International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puntlandgovt.com/en/currentissues/information/further_information_add.php?id=27 |title=ArchivedPuntland copyState of Somalia |accessdate=2010-07-29 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420151618/http://www.puntlandgovt.com/en/currentissues/information/further_information_add.php?id=27 |archivedate=2009-04archive-date=20 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puntlandgovt.com/en/currentissues/information/current_issues_more.php?id=412 |title=ArchivedThe President Tours the Bossaso Airport Construction copySite |accessdate=2010-07-29 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107090353/http://www.puntlandgovt.com/en/currentissues/information/current_issues_more.php?id=412 |archivedatearchive-date=7 November 2007-11-07 }}</ref> The following month, UNICEF praised a pledge from Muse who promised to inaugurate salary payments for primary school teachers, which would mark a major break from the norm in Somalia where, traditionally parents have had to bear full responsibility for the payment of teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/media/media_25878.html |title=lauds Somali leader's pledge to pay primary school teachers &#124; Press centre |publisher=UNICEF |dateaccessdate=9 February |accessdate=2017-02-09}}</ref>

| date = 2006-11-12 November 2006

| accessdate = 2006-11-13 November 2006 }}</ref> That same month, General Adde announced that he would rule according to Islamic law but in a different way from that of the Islamic Courts in order to avoid "politicising religion." Adde then announced that Puntland would resist any attack made by the Islamic Courts.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/50831F87-04BD-4387-A55A-D8000B94D4AA.htm Puntland 'to fight Islamic courts'], ''Al Jazeera'', 21 November 2006</ref>

During the 2008 election year, Puntland saw a spike in piracy. Then incumbent President Mohamud Muse Hersi was quoted on [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] as saying that "giving in to the pirates' demands was not an option. We do not advocate for any ransom to be paid to the pirates and we support the French government, which uses force, while taking on the pirates".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/04/20094121185586497.html |title=US ship in Kenya after hijack drama |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=2009-04-12 April 2009 |accessdate=9 February 2017-02-09}}</ref>

OnIn October 2008, Muse also signed a Dh170 million agreement with [[Dubai]]'s [[Lootah Group]] to support the construction of an airport, seaport and free zone in the coastal city of Bosaso. Muse indicated that "I believe that when we finish all these projects our people will benefit by getting good health services, education and overall prosperity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2008/Nov/puntland_the_land_of_opportunity.aspx |title=Puntland: The land of opportunity |publisher=Hiiraan.com |date=8 November 2008-11-08 |accessdate=9 February 2017-02-09}}</ref>

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