Emperor Posted June 9, 2007 Please share with us any useful material that you may have or find relating to Somalia's first president. First President of the Somali Republic Mr. Adan Abdulle Osman Mr. Abdella Osman, President of the Republic of Somalia, was born in 1908 in the town of Beledwein. He completed his formal education in Mogadishu and then served his country, which was then under Italian administration, in a variety of offices and responsibilities from 1929 to 1941 Before assuming his post, he was an active member of the Somali Youth League, until he turned out to be its leader and reputed president. He was also the president of the legislative assembly, and Somalia's representative at the Moslem conference in Karachi, and at the UN Territorial Council. The President speaks and writes Italian, Arabic, and English. His cooperative actions and farsighted vision in leadership brought Somalia its independence in one of the most constructive acts of statesmanship. President Abdella Osman is a quiet, intelligent and efficient man. In his effort to lift the standard of living of his people, he inclines towards moderation and prudence. Knowing that stability and gradual development are the sure means to success, he prefers a slow but sure national evolution to a radical upsetting revolution. President Aden Abdullah Osman: H.E. Aden Abdullah Osman was born at Belet Weyne (Hiran Region). After receiving education at State Schools, he acquired administrative experience in Government oficies. He subsequently devoted himself to his own business. In Febraury 1944, he joined the Somali Youth Club (subsequently called Somali Youth League), became a member of the party's steering board and in 1946 was appointed Secreatry of the Belet Weyne section of the party. In 1951 the Regional Council of Mudug designated him for the Territorial Council on which he served uninterruptedly (up to February 1956) as the representative of the S.Y.L. In 1953 he was appointed Vice-President of the Territorial Council. In 1954 he became the President of the Somali Youth League and remained office untill 1956. Re-elected to the same position in May 1958, he occupied this post simultaneously with the post of the President of the Legislative Assembly until 1st July 1960. In 1956, when the Territorial Council was replaced by Legislative Assembly, he was elected member of the National Assembly for Belet Weyne District at the general political elections, and in meantime the Legislative Assembly appointed him its President. In the 1959 general political elections, he was again elected member of the National Assembly, which again appointed him Presedent. He maintained this post when the Legislative Assembly was converted into the Consituent Assembly. In his capacity as President of the Constituent Assembly, on 1st July 1960, he proclaimed the Independence of the Somali Republic and following the unification of the northern and southern territories - former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. The National Assembly chose him as Provisional President of the Republic for period of 1 year, and in 1961 re-elected him to the same mandate for 6 years. He devoted his interest to legal, social and economic studies. Besides Somali, he speaks Italian, English and Arabic. According to the Constitution of the Republic, the out-going President enjoyed life-membership of the Somali National Assembly (Article 51, paragraph 4). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted June 9, 2007 SPEECH (EXCERPTS) OF THE PRESIDENT ADEN ABDULLE OSMAN GIVEN AT A STATE DINNER IN HONOUR OF MR.JOMO KENYATTA OF KANU PARTY. MOGADISHU, 28 JULY 1962. “…The principle of self-determination, when used properly to unify and enlarge an existing state with a view towards is absorption in a federal system of government is neither balkanization nor fragmentation. It is a major contribution to unity and stability, and totally consistent with the concept of Pan-Africanism”. “A desire for unity must be matched by a willingness to sacrifice a measure of sovereignty, and to remold the machinery of government to absorb new political and administrative methods. I say that, not to alarm or discourage, but because I think it is time that our continent of Africa took a more practical and realistic view of the problems that have been created by the after effects of colonialism and their relations to a closer political association of African States”. “There are some lessons to be learned from the short but nonetheless profitable experiences of this Republic; because we can claim with justice that we have made a unique, practical contribution to African unity by merging two independent African states into one-even against the established prejudices of interested powers. I do not have to enumerate the colonial-made problems that we have encountered in the field of fiscal, judicial, linguistic and administrative integration because they still preoccupy us and are too well known. But I would like to underline three lessons”. “First--as a prerequisite to either a federal system or a total union of states, it is necessary to accept, as we have done in Article Six of our constitution, limitations of sovereignty on conditions of parity with other states. “Second—we have learned that the outmoded concept of territorial integrity must vanish from our habitual thinking because its roots are embedded in colonialism, and it is incompatible with Pan-Africanism”. “Third—we have learned of a cardinal principle underlying the effectiveness or otherwise of a political union between two independent states. It is this: the ordinary person must be able to identify himself and his interests with the new order, on economic, ethnic and cultural grounds”. “It is this last lesson that is perhaps the hardest to learn but, if we Africans are proud to take our place as a democratic people in the comity of nations, we must do more than pay lip-service to the feelings of the ordinary man and woman in our society. We claim, many of us, to be African leaders and socialists. This implies that, through our wisdom and understanding, men will follow us, and, by the equity of our laws, our people will have equal rights and opportunities”. “Regrettably, it is becoming commonplace in Africa today to accept the development of a privileged class of rulers, with the instincts of colonialists, as a substitute from government by the people. This is one of the after effects of colonial rule. But it is my duty to give this warning to my colleagues in Africa: it will be the unwillingness of African rulers to curb their powers and to lift their artificial colonial boundaries, that will frustrate the hopes and desires of the ordinary people of Africa to be led out of isolation and ignorance into the greater union of African States”. “I am sorry to have had to end on a not of caution, but there is too much at stake, in the prevention of the kind of tragedies that beset our brothers in the Congo, for me to refrain from bringing unpalatable facts to your notice. Of course, I hope these forebodings will not materialize, but they exist for those who have the eyes to see and the care to understand”. President: Aden Abdulle Osman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted June 9, 2007 Few moments of the former Somali leader while still in power. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted June 9, 2007 Taariikh nololeedki Allaha Unaxariisto Madaxwayne Adan Cade oo kooban:- Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay Soomaaliya markii ay xornimada qaadatay sanadkii 1960-kii oo shalay shalay galab abaarihii 05:00 galabnimo ku geeriyooday Magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya Marxumka ayaa dalka Soomaaliya soo xukumayay mudo 7-sano ah wuxuuna ku dhashay sanadkii 1908-dii Gobolka tuulo u dhow magaalada B/weyne ee gobolka Hiiraan ka dibna gobolka Bay ayuu ka galay dugsiga Qur’aanka isagoo xiliyadii xigayna u soo wareegay gobolka Sh/Hoose wuxuuna markii danbe ku biiray dhaqdhaqaaqii xornimadoonka Soomaaliyeed, isagoo madax ka noqday urur dhalinyaro Soomaaliyeed ee waday dhaqdhaqaaqii xornima doonka, ka dibna waxa uu ka mid noqday baarlamaankii xilligaasi jiray, ka dibna waxa uu noqday madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay ee Soomaaliya markii ay xornimada qaadatay 1960-kii, waxaa uu sidoo kale noqday oo taariikhda gashay in uu noqdo madaxweyihii ugu horeeyay ee Afrikaan ah oo si dimoqraadiyad leh uga dagay xilka, kuna wareejiya ninkii uga adkaaday doorashada oo ahaa C/rashiid Cali Sharmaarke ka dibna ku noolaado dalkiisa, halka madaxweynayaasha Afrika looga qaado xilka xoog iyo dagaal oo ka dibna la dilo ama ka carara dalalkooda. Intii uu hayay xilka waxa uu ka mid noqday madaxweynayaashii aas aasay ururkii midnimada Afrika OAU oo sanadkii 1963-dii lagu aas-aasay Dalka Itoobiya waxa uu sidoo kale ka mid ahaa madaxdii aas-aastay urur ay leeyihiin dalalka dhex dhexaadka ah. Markii uu xilka Madaxweynanimada ka dagayay ayaa wareysi uu bixiyay ayuu ku sheegay hadal lala yaabo oo ay dad badani madaxa u ruxeen waxa una ahaa in dalka Soomaaliya aan lagu maamuli Karin waxa aan ka ahayn dimuquraadiyad waxa uuna sheegay marxuumka intii u hayay xilka inuu gaaray in dadka xilka lagu wareejin karo ayna soo dooran karaan cida ay rabaan. Maalinta Isniinta ah ee soo socota ayaa lagu wadaa in meydka marxuum Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan la keeno magaalada Muqdisho, si loogu aaso qabuuraha Qaranka, iyadoo magaalada u haatan ka bilowday diyaar garow balaaran oo loogu jiro aaska Qaran ee loo sameynayo, waxaana kulan maanta ku leh xarunta nabad sugida Soomaaliyeed ee magaalada Muqdisho xubnaha golaha wasiirada ee xukuumada Soomaaliya waxaana lagu wadaa in kulankaas ay ku magacaabaan guddiga qabanqaabada ee aaska Qaran ee loo sameynayo madaxweynihii hore ee Soomaaliya marxuum Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan (Aadan cadde). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabhad Posted June 9, 2007 Another great video. First Somali assembly after the independence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabhad Posted June 9, 2007 Daar, Adan Abd Allah Utman Born: 1908 AD Currently alive, at 99 years of age. Nationality: Somali Categories: Politician Daar, Adan Abd Allah Utman 1908 - Aden Abdullah Osman Daar was born at Beledweyne, Hiiraan Region. 1944 - He joined the Somali Youth Club. 1946 - Became a member of the party's steering board and was appointed Secretary of the Belet Weyne section of the party. 1951 - Regional Council of Mudug designated him for the Territorial Council on which he served as the representative of the S.Y.L. 1953 - Appointed Vice-President of the Territorial Council. 1954-1956 - He became the President of the Somali Youth League. 1958-1960 - Re-elected President of the Somali Youth League. 1960-1967 - Elected as the 1st president of Somalia. - On 1st of July, he proclaimed the Independence of the Somali Republic. 1967 - In the presidential elections he was beaten by Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. - His term as president ended on 10th of June. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted June 9, 2007 Somalia's first president dies at age 99 The Associated PressPublished: June 8, 2007 MOGADISHU, Somalia: Aden Abdulle Osman, Somalia's first president after independence from Italy, died Friday in neighboring Kenya after months of illness, his son said. He was 99. Osman died in a Nairobi hospital, Said Aden Abdulle told The Associated Press. Born in 1908 near the Ethiopian border, in the town of Belet Weyne, Osman was elected president in 1960 after years of leading the Somali Youth League, a nationalist party that struggled for Somalia's independence. He lost a re-election bid in 1967 and peacefully handed over power to his successor, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, who was assassinated two years later. The assassination led to a coup led by military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. In 1990, when the country was edging toward anarchy, Osman was among about 100 politicians who signed a manifesto expressing concern over the destruction, killings and flight of refugees as a result of the civil war. He was arrested along with more than 50 others by Barre's faltering regime. After his release, he lived mostly on his farm in Janale in southern Somalia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted June 9, 2007 First president of Somalia dies Mr Osman was a well-respected elder statesman Somalia's first president, Aden Abdulle Osman, has died aged 99 in a Kenyan hospital where he had been in a coma. He was also the first African leader to voluntarily relinquish his post after he lost the 1967 presidential election - Somalia's last democratic poll. Siad Barre seized power two years later and since he was ousted in 1991 rival warlords have fought for control. Mr Osman was a well-respected leader and emerged as an elder statesman in attempts to establish lasting peace. His family says he was very unhappy with the current crisis and his dream was to see Somalia attain peace and stability. Mr Osman rose to prominence as a nationalist politician in the 1950s. He was elected head of state when the former British and Italian Somali colonies joined to form the Republic of Somalia in 1960. Some Somali leaders have remembered him as a simple, down-to-earth person. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted June 10, 2007 Dhagayso Tariikh nololedkii Aadan Cabdulle 9 Jun 9, 2007 - 8:35:42 AM Allaha u naxaristee Madaxweynihii ugu horeeyay Somalia Aadan Cabdulle Cusman ayaa maalintii shaley ku geeryoodey wadanka Kenya. Marxuum Aadan Cabdulle ayaa ahaa Madaxweynhii ugu horeeyay Afrika oo xillka wareejiya kadib markii doorasho looga adkaadey. Halkan ayaan waxaan idinku soo gudbiney tariikhdii Marxuumka oo aan ka soo xiganey BBC-da laanteeda Af-Somaliga iyada oo khudbad uu jeediyay Alaha u naxariistee Aadan Cadde aad ka garan kartid heerka Somalinmo iyo qaran jaceyl uu ka joogey xilligaas. audio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
