Omar Hashi Aden

Omar Hashi Aden (Somali: Cumar Xaashi Aaden; Arabic: عمر هاشي عدن), (died 18 June 2009) was a member of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, eventually rising to Security Minister. He was assassinated (see 2009 Beledweyne bombing) by a suicide bomber on 18 June 2009 in Beledweyne, in the Hiiraan region in central Somalia.^[1]

Aden was from Hiiraan region.^[2] Before the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, he had been a former member of parliament in exile in Eritrea.^[3]

References

1. ^ Adow, Mohammed Amiin (18 June 2009). "Somali security minister killed". CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/18/somalia.minister/. Retrieved 18 June 2009. 
2. ^ The Humiliations of Hiiraan by the TFG and Its Implications
3. ^ Somali PM Claims Victory in Mogadishu

External links

• Col. Omar Hashi Aden of the Alliance for the re- liberation of Somalia (ARS) speaks in public to the people in Halgan, Hiiraan

Persondata
Name	Aden, Omar Hashi
Alternative names
Short description	Somali politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Beledweyne, Somalia
Date of death	18 June 2009
Place of death	Beledweyne, Somalia