Mohamed Aden Sheikh

Mohamed Aden Sheikh (c. 1925 - October 1, 2010) was a Somali medical doctor and politician who held posts as Minister of Health, Minister of Education, and Minister of Information^[1]

Aden was a surgeon who received his medical training at the University of Rome and practiced at Mogadishu General Hospital.^[1] He enter politics in the 1970s and held various cabinet positions.^[1] Aden was also a central committee member of the only political party allowed in Somalia, the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party.^[1] On June 9, 1982, he was one of seven parliamentarians arrested and accused of treason for having criticized the government of President Siad Barre.^[1] Aden was the president of the Somali National Academy of Sciences and Arts at the time of his arrest.^[1]

He was also the former Head of the Ideology Bureau SRRC and Somali Technological Development.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• November 1999, Interview - Society for International Development

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} National Academy of Sciences: Committee on Human Rights; Institute of Medicine: Committee on Health and Human Rights (1988) "The Parliamentarians" Scientists and Human Rights in Somalia: Report of a Delegation Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press p. 22 http://books.google.com/books?id=qjIrAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PR1&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false 

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Name	Mohamed Aden Sheikh
Alternative names
Short description	Minister of Health, Minister of Education, and Minister of Information
Date of birth	c. 1925
Place of birth
Date of death	October 1, 2010
Place of death