MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MOGADISHU 10380


DEPT ALFO FOR INR/B

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA
SUBJECT: MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP

REF: MOGADISHU 9512


1. CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT.


2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND
SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN.
HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER
IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS.


3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN 1954
NEAR LAS ANOD, NORTHERN SOMALIA. DOLBAHANTE CLAN.
CHIEF OF MINISTER'S STAFF, SOMALI MINISTRY OF PUBLIC
WORKS. PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE OFFICE OF ARAB AFFAIRS,
SOMALI MFA. GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF BAGWDAD 1980,
MAJORED IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. WIFE AND INFANT CHILD
LIVE IN GENEVA. WIFE OBTAINED DEGREE IN COMMUNITY
HEALTH FROM A UNIVERSITY IN SEATTLE. A POLISHED AND
ARTICULATE OFFICIAL.


4. ISMAIL ALI WARSAME, DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SOMALI MFA
(SINCE 1990). GADABOURSI CLAN. STUDIED IN KIEV. MARRIED
IN 1987. NO CHILDREN. PREVIOUS POSTINGS INCLUDE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, YUGOSLAVIA, NIGERI/.


5. ABDIRAHMAN FARAH ISMAEL, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARAB
AFAIRS, SOMALI MFA. HAWIYE/HABR GID'R CLAN. BORN

1935. FORMER AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT AND LIBYA. USED TO
TEACH SOCIAL SCIENCES AT A SOMALI HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED
WITH FOUR CHILDREN. SPEAKS SOME ENGLISH, BUT PREFERS
TO USE INTERPRETER. CAUTIOUS AND SOMEWHAT TACITURN.


6. FATHI HASSAN, EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA. THE
AMBASSADOR'S PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT WAS DEPUTY HEAD OF THE
EGYPTIAN MFA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS WITH THE
ISRAELIS. IN THAT CAPACITY HE VISITED TEL AVIV AND ONE
WESI BANK TOWN.


7. MOHAMED Y. ALNASHRI, COUNSELLOR AND CDA, YEMEN
EMBASSY, MOGADISHU. ALNASHRI ONLY STAYS IN MOGADISHU
WHEN THE YEMENI AMBASSADOR IS GONE. DOES NOT LIKE
MOGADISHU.


8. MAHMOUD FADL ABDELRASOUL, SECOND SECRETARY, EMBASSY
OF SUDAN, MOGADISHU.

ABDELRASOUL ARRIVED IN MOGADISHU, HIS FIRST OVERSEAS
POSTING, IN SEPTEMBER 1990. BEFORE THAT, HE HAD BEEN
POSTED TO THE SUDANESE MFA FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.
EARLIER, HE HAD WORKED FOR THE SUDANESE MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION.

ABDELRASOUL GRADUATED FROM KHARTOUM UNIVERSITY WITH A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. HE BEGAN
HIS MASTER'S PROGRAM, BUT DIDN'T FINISH IT, OWING TO
"THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY."

A MUSLIM FROM WESTERN SUDAN. MARRIED, TWO SONS, ALL IN
MOGADISHU. SPEAKS POOR ENGLISH. APPEARS TO BE IN MID-
THIRTIES.

ON VACATION, HAS TRAVELLED TO KENYA, SAUDI ARABIA, AND
EGYPT.


9. MUSTAFA GHOLAM, FIRST SECRETARY, SAUDI ARABIAN
EMBASSY, MOGADISHU (SINCE 1987).

GHOLAM IS A NATIVE OF MECCA AND ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF RIYADH, WHERE HE STUDIED HISTORY. HE HAS
BEEN POSTED TO LONDON, CARACAS, THE SAUDI MFA (TWO
YEARS),THEN MOGADISHU.

GHOLAM IS MARRIED. HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE IN
SAUDI ARABIA. HE SEES THEM ABOUT THREE TIMES PER YEAR.

GHOLAM SPEAKS FAIR ENGLISH AND SEEMS TO BE IN HIS MID-
FORTIES.

OTHER: GHOLAM IS FRIENDLY AND INTERESTED IN SOMALI
POLITICS. HE DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE SOMALIS VERY MUCH--
HE SAYS "THEY ALL LIE." HE WAS WEARING A SAFARI SUIT,
NOT TRADITIONAL ARAB DRESS, WHEN VISITED.


10. TSEGAYE BEKELE, COUNSELOR, ETHIOPIAN EMBASSY,
MOGADISHU (SEE ALSO REFTEL). BEKELE IS ONE OF TEN
CHILDREN. ALL HIS SIBLINGS NOW LIVE IN THE UNITED
STATES. .ONE BROTHER IS A SURGEON IN CHICAGO, ONE
SISTER LIVES IN ATLANTA, SEVERAL LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
HE ALSO HAS AUNTS AND UNCLES IN THE U.S. HIS PARENTS
LIVE IN ADDIS. BEKELE HAS TRAVELLED TO THE U.S. TO
VISIT BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

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