| Abdul Majid Hussein Cabdul Majid Xuseenعبد المجيد حسين | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Honorable |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1944 |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Diredawa, Ethiopia |
| Death Place: | Diredawa, Ethiopia |
| Restingplace: | Diredawa, Ethiopia |
| Term Start: | 1997 |
| Term End: | 2001 |
| Primeminister: | Meles Zenawi |
| Office2: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to United Nations |
| Term Start2: | 2001 |
| Term End2: | 2004 |
| Primeminister2: | Meles zenawi |
| Party: | Ethiopian Somali Democratic League |
| Otherparty: | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
Abdul Majid Hussein (Somali: Cabdulmajiid Xuseen;Arabic: عبد المجيد حسين;) 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] He was a senior government economist.[5] In 1997, Abdulmajid was appointed Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia, and he served as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia from 1997 to 2001.[6] In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, and served as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations till his death.[2] [1] [3]
Abdulmajid Hussein was born Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Hussein belonged to the Habr Awal subclan of the Isaaq.[7] In 1992, he was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market.[5] 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] 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.[6] [2]
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]