Hiiraan Online
Ahmed Abdisamad
Friday, March 23, 2012 (HOL) - Somalia’s former president Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed has passed away in Dubai hospital.
Late president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
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The ailing president was in hospital in recent months.
His family sources confirmed the death of the former
president in UAE.
Abdullahi Yusuf was an army colonel and led first armed rebellion
group by the name Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).
Abdullahi Yusuf was once quoted saying “I wouldn’t have
started to take up arms if I knew Somalia would end up like this” referring to
his armed resistance against former Somali president Mohammed Siad Bare.
He became the president of the transitional federal government of Somalia in
2004, and forced to resign in 2008 after an intense dispute with his prime
minister Hassan Hussien (Nur Ade).
Yusuf was the founder of semi autonomous region of Puntland
in 1998 and it’s first president.
Family sources say Abdullahi Yusuf will be buried in his
birth-place Galkayo.