Transitional National Government

Infobox Somali faction
faction_name=Transitional National Government


leaders=Abdiqasim Salad Hassan
Gen. Ismail Qasim Naji
clan_tribe=Pan-Somali
active_years= April 2000–November 2004
headquarters=
areaofoperations=Parts of Mogadishu, Southern Somalia
predecessor=Multiple independent groups
successor=Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
allies=
opponents=Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM-Harti)

The Transitional National Government of Somalia was established in April–May 2000 at the Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) held in Djibouti.

The TNG was militarily and politically opposed by the Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC), which was formed by rival warlords including Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Mohamed Dhere.

Besides its external threats, the TNG was plagued with internal problems, which resulted in the replacement of the Prime Minister four times in three years and its reported bankruptcy in December 2003.cite web
title=TNG Prime Minister Concludes Formation of Cabinet
url=http://www.banadir.com/cabinet.shtml
date=2003-12-31
accessdate=2007-01-17]

The TNG was succeeded by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) which was created in November 2004.

History

2000

* Somalia National Peace Conference (SNPC) or Djibouti Conference, held in Arta, Djibouti, on April 20 - May 5, 2000 [http://www.banadir.com/whatisthere.htm Somalia National Peace Conference] Program, hosted at Banadir.com] The name Transitional National Government (TNG) was selected for the movement at this time.

* Election of Abdiqasim Salad Hassan as President by the tribal/faction representatives

2001

* National Commission for Reconciliation and Property Settlement

2002

* Somali Reconciliation Conference in Eldoret, Kenya [http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30536&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA SOMALIA: Interview with Barre Adan Shire, chairman of the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA)] IRIN]
* Appointment of General Ismail Qasim Naji as the leader of the army in January 2002.cite web
title=The Lives of 18 American Soldiers Are Not Better Than Thousands of Somali Lives They Killed, Somalia's TNG Prime Minister Col. Hassan Abshir Farah says
url=http://www.somaliawatch.org/archivedec01/020122101.htm
date=2002-01-22
accessdate=2007-01-17
publisher=Somalia Watch ] cite web
title=Somalia: Warlords lay down weapons
url=http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/6756
publisher=SomaliNet
date=2007-01-17
accessdate=2007-01-17 ] The army in March 2002 numbered 2,010 men and 90 women.cite web
title=War Clouds Over Somalia
url=http://www.merip.org/mero/mero032202.html
date=2002-03-22
publisher=Middle East Report
accessdate=2007-01-17 ]

Leaders and members

* Abdiqasim Salad Hassan - President
* Gen. Ismail Qasim Naji - Army commander
* Ali Khalif Galeyr - 1st Prime Minister, October 8 2000–October 28, 2001
* Osman Jama Ali - 2nd Prime Minister, briefly held post October 28–November 12, 2002cite web
title=TNG Prime Minister Concludes Formation of Cabinet
url=http://www.banadir.com/cabinet.shtml
date=2003-12-31
accessdate=2007-01-17]
* Hassan Abshir Farah - 3rd Prime Minister, 12 November, 2002–December 8, 2003
* Mohamed Abdi Yusuf - 4th Prime Minister, December 31, 2003–November 3, 2004cite web
title=TNG Prime Minister Concludes Formation of Cabinet
url=http://www.banadir.com/cabinet.shtml
date=2003-12-31
accessdate=2007-01-17]
* Ali Mahdi Muhammad - MP in the TNG

References