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Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (Aaden Cabdulle Cusmaan
Daar) was The 1st President of Somalia after its independence in 1960.
Biography Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Aden Abdullah Osman was born at Beledweyne (Hiiraan Region) in 1908.
After receiving education at State Schools, he acquired administrative
experience in Government offices.
He subsequently devoted himself to his own business. In February 1944,
he joined the Somali Youth Club (subsequently called Somali Youth League),
became a member of the party's steering board and in 1946 was appointed
Secretary of the Belet Weyne section of the party.
In 1951 the Regional Council of Mudug designated him for the Territorial
Council on which he served uninterruptedly (up to February 1956) as
the representative of the S.Y.L.
In 1953 he was appointed Vice-President of the Territorial Council.
In 1954 he became the President of the Somali Youth League and remained
office until 1956. Re-elected to the same position in May 1958, he occupied
this post simultaneously with the post of the President of the Legislative
Assembly until July 1, 1960.
In 1956, when the Territorial Council was replaced by Legislative Assembly,
he was elected member of the National Assembly for Belet Weyne District
at the general political elections, and in meantime the Legislative
Assembly appointed him its President.
In the 1959 general political elections, he was again elected member
of the National Assembly, which again appointed him President. He maintained
this post when the Legislative Assembly was converted into the Constituent
Assembly.
In his capacity as President of the Constituent Assembly, on July 1,
1960, he proclaimed the Independence of the Somali Republic and following
the unification of the northern and southern territories - former British
Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. The National Assembly chose him as
Provisional President of the Republic for period of 1 year, and in 1961
re-elected him to the same mandate for 6 years.
Aden Abdullah Osman devoted his interest to legal, social and economic
studies. Besides Somali, he spoke Italian, English and Arabic.In the
1967 presidential elections he was beaten by Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.
His term as president ended on June 10, 1967.
According to the Constitution of the Republic, the out-going President
enjoyed life-membership of the Somali National Assembly. Osman Daar
now acts as an elder statesman in attempts to establish a lasting peace
in Somalia.
Mahadsanidiin
Ururka Wacyigelinta Banaadirta Cusub
Toronto, Canada
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