Abdul Majid Hussein

Abdul Majid Hussein (Somali: Cabdulmajiid Xuseen;Arabic: عبد المجيد حسين; Amharic: አብዱልመጂድ ሑሴን) born 1944[1]), also called የማሰብ ችሎታ ያለው አንበሳ (The Intelligent Lion), is an Ethiopian politician, who was the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations.[2][3] He was the Chairman of the Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, from 1995 to 1998.[4][5] He was a senior government economist.[6] In 1997, Abdulmajid was appointed to the Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia from 1997 to 2001.[7] In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, and was serving as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations till his death.[2][1][3]

Honorable
Abdul Majid Hussein

አብዱልመጂድ ሑሴን

عبد المجيد حسين
Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia
In office
1997–2001
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Ambassador of Ethiopia to United Nations
In office
2001–2004
Prime MinisterMeles zenawi
Personal details
Born(1944-06-13)June 13, 1944
Diredawa, Ethiopia
DiedMarch 29, 2004(2004-03-29) (aged 59)[1]
Diredawa, Ethiopia
Resting placeDiredawa, Ethiopia
Political partyEthiopian Somali Democratic League
Other political
affiliations		Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

Biography

Abdulmajid Hussein was born Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Hussein belonged to the Habr Awal subclan of the Isaaq.[4] In 1992, he was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market.[6] In 1995, he became the leader of Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and was the victim of an assassination attempt during turmoils against Somalia's Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya.[4][5] By 1998, he had served in the government for 7 years, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, a job he had refused in 1998.[7][2]

Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers
Campus buildings

SRS Dr. Abdulmajid Hussein College of Teachers Education in Jigjiga is named after him.[8] The college was established in 2004. It is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres for teachers in the region. Since the beginning of establishment of the college 28 batches have graduated.[8]

References
  1. "The Global Road Safety Crisis: We Should Do Much More" (PDF). The Task Force for Child Survival and Development. September 2004. p. 3. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. "Setback for Horn peace deal". BBC News. 23 March 2001.
  3. "UN ambassador rejects idea of "greater Somalia"". The New Humanitarian. 12 February 2002.
  4. Farah, Ahmed Yusuf (3 April 1996). "Report on the Peace and Development Conference, Jigjiga, 10-13 March 1996". United Nations.
  5. Marcus, Harold G. (2002). A History of Ethiopia. University of California Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN 9780520925427.
  6. Richburg, Keith B. (25 February 1992). "Ethiopia, Eritrea, try free-market capitalism". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. "World: Africa Ethiopian minister goes". BBC News. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. MUHUMED, KADAR BUDUL (June 2021). "DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS: THE CASE OF Dr. ABDULMEJID HUSSEIN COLLEGE OF TEACHERS EDUCATION, SOMALI REGIONAL STATE" (PDF).


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