Hussein mohamed farrah aidid biography


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    • Hussein Farrah Aidid

    Somali political leader (b. 1962)

    Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Somali: Xuseen Maxamed Faarax Caydiid, Arabic: حسين محمد فارح عيديد) (born August 16, 1962) is the son of GeneralMohamed Farrah Aidid.

    His father was leader of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), the faction that fought UNOSOM II and US forces during 1993.

    Farrah is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served during Desert Storm, serving in the US military from 1987–1995.

    For several weeks during 1992–1993 he served as a translator for the UNITAF forces commander in Somalia.[1] Farrah succeeded his father as leader of the SNA, and two days after his father's death, the SNA declared Farrah as the new President, although he too was not internationally recognized as such.[2][3]

    Farrah relinquished his claim as president in December 1997 by signing the Cairo Declaration.[4] During the early 2000s, he opposed the newly formed Transitional