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Hassan Isse Jama
Hassan Isse Jama (Somali: Xasan Ciise Jaamac) is a Somali politician and a veteran Somali National Movement (SNM) leader. He served as the first Vice President of Somaliland and was one of the founding members of the SNM.
Hassan Isse Jama belongs to the Arap sub-clan of the Isaaq clan-family.
Hassan studied law at Queen Mary University in London and practiced as a lawyer.
In April 1981, he became one of the founding members of the SNM, which was established in London by Somali dissidents opposed to the regime of Siad Barre. In early 1981, Hassan Isse Jama resigned from the BBC Somali Service due to his involvement with the emerging SNM. Later that year, he served as editor of the SNM's English-language bulletin Somalia Uncensored, published in London. The journal appeared as a monthly between June and December 1981, and its final issue announced the forthcoming relocation of the SNM leadership to Ethiopia.
In July 1983, at the SNM’s second congress in Harar, Ethiopia, a new constitutional clause was introduced; according to Hassan Isse Jama, it empowered the central committee to replace the leadership by a two-thirds vote. In November of the same year, at an emergency session in Jijiga, he remained on the restructured executive committee as its only civilian member, while most posts were taken over by army officers who had defected from the Somali National Army.
In 1990, at the sixth congress of the Somali National Movement (SNM), held in Burao, a newly elected central committee of 99 members confirmed the organization’s leadership. During this congress, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur was elected as chairman, while Hassan Isse Jama served as vice chairman of the movement.
In May 1991, following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime, the SNM convened the Burao conference, which declared the restoration of Somaliland’s independence. At the conclusion of the conference, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur was elected as president, and Hassan Isse Jama became the first vice president of Somaliland.
In May 1993, at the Borama National Reconciliation Conference, Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal was elected president and Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah became vice president, bringing the SNM-led interim administration to an end; accordingly, Hassan Isse Jama left office as vice president. (Although Jonathan Paquin's 2010 book lists Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur as Hassan Isse Jama’s successor, this appears to be an isolated and likely erroneous account.)
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Hassan Isse Jama
Hassan Isse Jama (Somali: Xasan Ciise Jaamac) is a Somali politician and a veteran Somali National Movement (SNM) leader. He served as the first Vice President of Somaliland and was one of the founding members of the SNM.
Hassan Isse Jama belongs to the Arap sub-clan of the Isaaq clan-family.
Hassan studied law at Queen Mary University in London and practiced as a lawyer.
In April 1981, he became one of the founding members of the SNM, which was established in London by Somali dissidents opposed to the regime of Siad Barre. In early 1981, Hassan Isse Jama resigned from the BBC Somali Service due to his involvement with the emerging SNM. Later that year, he served as editor of the SNM's English-language bulletin Somalia Uncensored, published in London. The journal appeared as a monthly between June and December 1981, and its final issue announced the forthcoming relocation of the SNM leadership to Ethiopia.
In July 1983, at the SNM’s second congress in Harar, Ethiopia, a new constitutional clause was introduced; according to Hassan Isse Jama, it empowered the central committee to replace the leadership by a two-thirds vote. In November of the same year, at an emergency session in Jijiga, he remained on the restructured executive committee as its only civilian member, while most posts were taken over by army officers who had defected from the Somali National Army.
In 1990, at the sixth congress of the Somali National Movement (SNM), held in Burao, a newly elected central committee of 99 members confirmed the organization’s leadership. During this congress, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur was elected as chairman, while Hassan Isse Jama served as vice chairman of the movement.
In May 1991, following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime, the SNM convened the Burao conference, which declared the restoration of Somaliland’s independence. At the conclusion of the conference, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur was elected as president, and Hassan Isse Jama became the first vice president of Somaliland.
In May 1993, at the Borama National Reconciliation Conference, Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal was elected president and Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah became vice president, bringing the SNM-led interim administration to an end; accordingly, Hassan Isse Jama left office as vice president. (Although Jonathan Paquin's 2010 book lists Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur as Hassan Isse Jama’s successor, this appears to be an isolated and likely erroneous account.)