| Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein مختار محمد حسين | |
| Nationality: | Somali |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Office: | Acting President of Somalia |
| Term Start: | October 15,1969 |
| Term End: | October 21, 1969 |
| Predecessor: | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke |
| Successor: | Mohamed Siad Barre |
| Office1: | Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Somalia |
| Term Start1: | July 1960 |
| Term End1: | March 1967 |
| Predecessor1: | Abdulqadir Aden Zoobe |
| Birth Date: | December 9, 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Huddur, Italian Somaliland |
| Death Date: | June 12, 2012 (aged 99)[1] |
| Death Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Spouse: | Baar Ismaan and Fadumo Meyre |
| Party: | Somali Youth League (SYL) |
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (so|Sheekh Mukhtaar Maxamed Xuseen, ar|الشيخ محمد حسين مختار; December 9, 1912 - June 12, 2012) was the Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia, and briefly an Acting President of Somalia in 1969.[2]
Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.[3]
In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League).[3] He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.[3]
He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at 99 years old.[4] He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.[5]