Somalia Online – Former Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdirisak Haji Hussein passed away in Minneapolis at the age of 90. Mr. Hussein who was hospitalized at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, died of pneumonia.
“Abdirizak Haji Hussein is one of the two most distinguished Somali political figures since World War II” said Professor Ahmed Ismail Samatar in an interview with Minneapolis based TV Kare 11.
Mr. Hussein who was born in Galkayo and became active in the Somali Youth Club at an early age, served as Minister of Interior, Minister of Public Works and Communications before becoming Somalia’s prime minister in 1964.
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