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MOGANDISHU, November 06, 2012 (CISA) -Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon announced the appointment of ten cabinet ministers on Sunday November 04 that included two women.
“After long discussions and consultations, I have named my cabinet which consists of only ten members,” Shirdon said according to AFP. “Among them is a female foreign affairs minister for the first time in Somali history.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs nominee Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Aadan hails from the Somaliland region and lived in Britain for a long time.
“My nomination as the foreign minister is historic for the Somali country, and particularly for the women of Somalia, it turns a new page for the political situation of our country and will lead to success and prosperity,” she said.
Shirdon nominated Maryan Qasim Ahmed to the post of minister of development and social affairs. She previously served as women’s minister.
Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari said the new cabinet must be presented before parliament within two weeks for approval in a vote of confidence, Somalia’s Jowhar website reported.
The nominees for the new Somali cabinet are: Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Aadan (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), Mohamud Hassan Suleiman (Minister of Finance), Abdihakim Mohamud Haji Mohamud Fiqi (Minister of Defence), Abdikarim Hussein Guled (Minister of Interior and National Security), Abdullahi Ilmoge Hirsi (Minister of Information and Telecommunications), Abdirizaq Omar Mohamed (Minister of Natural Resources), Abdullahi Abyan Nur (Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs), Maryan Qasim Ahmed (Minister of Development and Social Affairs), Mohamud Ahmed Hassan (Minister of Trade and Industries) and Muhiyadin Mohamed Kaalmoy (Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction).
The new government brings a series of transitional administrations to an end.
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MOGANDISHU, November 06, 2012 (CISA) -Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon announced the appointment of ten cabinet ministers on Sunday November 04 that included two women.
“After long discussions and consultations, I have named my cabinet which consists of only ten members,” Shirdon said according to AFP. “Among them is a female foreign affairs minister for the first time in Somali history.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs nominee Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Aadan hails from the Somaliland region and lived in Britain for a long time.
“My nomination as the foreign minister is historic for the Somali country, and particularly for the women of Somalia, it turns a new page for the political situation of our country and will lead to success and prosperity,” she said.
Shirdon nominated Maryan Qasim Ahmed to the post of minister of development and social affairs. She previously served as women’s minister.
Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari said the new cabinet must be presented before parliament within two weeks for approval in a vote of confidence, Somalia’s Jowhar website reported.
The nominees for the new Somali cabinet are: Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Aadan (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), Mohamud Hassan Suleiman (Minister of Finance), Abdihakim Mohamud Haji Mohamud Fiqi (Minister of Defence), Abdikarim Hussein Guled (Minister of Interior and National Security), Abdullahi Ilmoge Hirsi (Minister of Information and Telecommunications), Abdirizaq Omar Mohamed (Minister of Natural Resources), Abdullahi Abyan Nur (Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs), Maryan Qasim Ahmed (Minister of Development and Social Affairs), Mohamud Ahmed Hassan (Minister of Trade and Industries) and Muhiyadin Mohamed Kaalmoy (Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction).
The new government brings a series of transitional administrations to an end.
SHARED FROM CISA NEWS
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