Muhammad Hawadle Madar

Muhammad Hawadle Madar (Somali: Maxamed Hawaadlee Madar, Arabic: محمد حواضلي مذر‎) was the Prime Minister of Somalia from September 3, 1990 to January 24, 1991.^[1] A former member of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, he was in office in the period leading up to the outbreak of the Somali Civil War. He is a member of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan.

Biography

Madar was born in 1939 in the northwestern town of Hargeisa, then a part of British Somaliland. For his Post-secondary education, Madar studied in USSR. Where he received a B.Sc in Engineering.

Madar held several ministerial portfolios during the Somali Democratic Republic. Between 1975 and 1981, Madar served as minister of Public works, Followed by a position as the minister of Communication and Post from 1981 to 1983.,He also served as a minister of Planning(1984-1986).

Madar headed the economy committee of the People's Assembly. Then he elected as Deputy Speaker of the People's Assembly.

On 3 September 1990, Madar appointed as Prime Minister of Somalia, a position he held until 24 January 1991, when he was replaced by Umar Arteh Ghalib.

Death

Madar died in London, UK in 2005, and buried in Hargeisa. ^[2]

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