Honorific-Prefix: | Honorable |
Aden Isaq Ahmed Aden Isaaq Axmed أدن اساق أحمد | |
Office: | Minister of Public Education |
Term Start: | 1967 |
Term End: | 1969 |
Birth Place: | Awdal, British Somaliland (present-day Awdal, Somalia) |
Death Date: | 1999 (age 75–76) |
Nationality: | Somali |
Profession: | Statesman, Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and politician |
Office2: | Minister of Transportation & Communication |
Termstart2: | 1966 |
Termend2: | 1967 |
Office3: | Minister of Defence |
Termend3: | 1966 |
Termstart3: | 1964 |
Office4: | First Secretary (Senior Diplomat) under the Somali Ambassador of Moscow |
Termstart4: | 1961 |
Termend4: | 1963 |
Aden Isaq Ahmed (Somali: Aden Isaaq Axmed , Arabic: أدن اساق أحمد; 1923–1999) was a Somali politician and statesman who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia in the 1960s.
Aden born in Awdal in 1923, he belonged to the Rer Ahamed (Reer Axamed), Gibril Yunus (Jibril Yoonis), Makahiil (Makahiil) section of the Gadabursi (Gadabuursi) or Samaron (Samaroon) clan. He served his country the Somali Republic as a Senior Diplomat in Moscow and was the second Somali man ever to set foot in the Russian capital. After arriving back in Somalia he took part in the elections to become a minister of parliament. He succeeded and served as the Minister of Defense, Minister of Transportation & Communication, Minister of Education. Prior to that he studied at the University of Oxford.[1] [2] [3] [4]