Hussein Maalim Mohamed

Hussein Maalim Mohamed (Somali: Huseen Maalim Maxamed) is a Kenyan politician. He is a former Minister of State in the office of the president.[1]

Hussein Maalim
Minister of State of Kenya
In office
1983 – Jan. 2002

Career

Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali family from the Abdulwak sub-clan of the Ogaden Darod.[2][3] His older brother Mahamoud Mohamed was the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces,[1] and was responsible for successfully suppressing the 1982 coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi.[4]

In 1983, Hussein became the first Somali to be appointed to Kenya's cabinet, when he was named Minister of State in the office of the presidency.[1]

See also

References
  1. United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of African Affairs (1983). AF Press Clips. p. 64.
  2. IWGIA Newsletter, Issue 37. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. 1984. p. 96.
  3. Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and Customs of Somalia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 0313313334.
  4. Society. Nyamora Communications Limited. 1992. p. 12.
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