Friday June 28, 2024
Mogadishu (HOL) - Former Somali Parliament Speaker Prof. Mohamed Osman Jawari passed away in Mogadishu on Friday afternoon after an illness, his family and friends confirmed.
Somali President's Adviser on Constitutional Affairs, Hussein Sheikh Mohamud, announced the news of the veteran Somali politician and historian's death on Somali National Television.
Prof. Jawari was born in the Afgoye district in the Lower Shabelle region in 1945. Though born in Afgoye, he was registered in Burhakaba district in the Bay region. Jawari graduated from Somali National University and was an expert with specializations in Islamic Sharia and Comprehensive Law.
He served as a minister in the administration of Siad Barre, whose government was the last to control the entire country before it was toppled in 1991.
Prof. Jawari was also a lawyer by profession. He worked for the UN and as an academic in Norway. Since 1960, he has contributed to the development of several Somali constitutions.