Abdul Majid Hussein

Abdul Majid Hussein, also AbdulMajid Hussein, (1944-29 March 2004[1]) was the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations.[2]

Biography

In 1992, Abdul Majid Hussein was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market.[3] In 1995, Abdul Majid Hussein became the leader of Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL) party in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, and was the victim of an assassination attempt during turmoils against Somalia's Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya.[2][4] In 1998, Abdul Majid Hussein had served in the government for 7 years, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, a job he had refused in 1998.[5][6]

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References
  1. "The Global Road Safety Crisis: We Should Do Much More" (PDF). The Task Force for Child Survival and Development. September 2004: 3. Retrieved 12 March 2018. It is with great sadness that we note the untimely death of Ambassador Abdul Majid Hussein on March 29th, 2004. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/Jijiga_con.htm
  3. Richburg, Keith B. (25 February 1992). "Ethiopia, Eritrea, try free-market capitalism". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. Marcus, Harold G. (2002). A History of Ethiopia. University of California Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN 9780520925427.
  5. "World: Africa Ethiopian minister goes". BBC News. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1237707.stm


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