- Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe
Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nuur "Madobe" ( _so. "Sheekh Aaden Maxamed Nuur [Sheekh Aaden Madoobe"] , _ar. عدن محمد نور مادوبي) was a former cabinet minister and the presentSpeaker of Parliament of theTransitional Federal Government (TFG) ofSomalia . Like many Somali politicians, he is a formerwarlord . He was also aQuranic instructor.cite news
title=Ex-Somali warlord elected new parliament speaker
url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/070131/world/somalia_politics_parliament_2
date=2007-01-31
publisher=Agence France-Presse
accessdate=2007-02-03 ]Sheikh Adan Madowe, born in Mandheera, currently Kenya, is of the
Digil-Mirifle clan lineage, specifically theHadame subclan.cite web
title=Prime Minister Geedi announced his second cabinet line up
url=http://www.somali-civilsociety.org/downloads/press/List%20Cabinet%20Ministers%208_%20Jan_05.pdf
accessdate=2007-02-03 ]Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA)
He served as the First Deputy Chairman of the
Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), one of the factions of theSomali Civil War . According to Adan Madobe, beginning in 1996, the RRA accepted the assistance ofEthiopia in the training of its troops. In 2003, he temporarily split with his fellow RRA leaderHassan Mohamed Nur "Shatigadud" though they later reconciled and both served as ministers in theTransitional Federal Government .cite web
title=Report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia pursuant to Security Council resolution 1425 (2002)
url=http://www.somali-civilsociety.org/downloads/UN%20Panel%20of%20Experts%20Report%20-%2025%20March%202003.pdf
date=2003-02-24
publisher=United Nations Security Council
accessdate=2007-02-03] ]Transitional Federal Government
Adan Mohamed Nuur "Madobe" is a representative on the
Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP), which in November 2004, authorized theTransitional Federal Government and approved theTransitional Federal Charter in a conference held inNairobi ,Kenya .He was appointed
Justice Minister of the nascent TFG appointed by the approval ofPrime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi 's second cabinet lineup of January 2005cite web
title=Prime Minister Geedi announced his second cabinet line up
url=http://www.somali-civilsociety.org/downloads/press/List%20Cabinet%20Ministers%208_%20Jan_05.pdf
accessdate=2007-02-03 ] , but a new court system was only established in Somalia after the defeat of theIslamic Courts Union (ICU) in January 2007.In May 2005, rival parliamentarian and warlord
Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade accused Madobe and Agriculture MinisterHassan Mohamed Nuur "Shatigudud" of attackingBaidoa to take the city on behalf of PresidentAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmed , who later used the city to establish a new interim capital within the country. Nineteen were killed, many of them civilians, and 28 wounded in the fight over the city.cite news
title=Somali factions fight for key town, 19 killed
url=http://www.sabcnews.com/Article/PrintWholeStory/0,2160,105535,00.html
date=2005-05-30
publisher=SABC News
accessdate=2007-02-03 ]He was elected to the controversial role of speaker in the wake of the dismissal of
Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan , who was voted out by theTransitional Federal Parliament onJanuary 17 ,2007 because of his sympathetic support of the rivalIslamic Courts Union (ICU) which prosecuted a war against the TFG and itsEthiopia n allies December 2006–January 2007. Adan Mohamed Nuur "Madobe" was elected to the Speaker's position by theTransitional Federal Parliament (TFP) onJanuary 31 ,2007 cite news
title= Somalia's parliament elects new speaker
url=http://www.wardheernews.com/News_07/Jan/31_new_elect_speaker.html
publisher=Reuters
date=2007-01-31
accessdate=2007-02-03 ] and sworn in onFebruary 3 .cite news
title=Somali parliament gets new speaker
url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2B5FF934-88F7-422A-8788-3D3C50D2EFD8.htm
date=2007-02-23
publisher=Aljazeera
accessdate=2007-02-03 ]References
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