Haji Muse Boqor

Haji Muse Boqor
Haji Muse Boqor
1st Somali Minister of Interior affairs
	In office; 1956–1959
Personal details
Born	Muuse Boqor Cismaan; 1911; Bargal, Majeerteeniya, Italian Somalia
Died	5 January 1991 (aged 79); Mogadishu, Somalia
Cause of death	mortar wound
Political party	Somali Youth League (SYL)
Other political; affiliations	Maanifeesto
Occupation	Politician; entrepreneur; businessman;

Haji Muse Boqor Osman (Somali: Xaaji Muuse Boqor; Arabic: حاجي موسى بوقور; 1911–1991) was a politician, businessman, and Somalia's president-in-waiting following the assassination of President Sharmarke. He was the son of Boqor Osman and served as the first Minister of Interior Affairs during the Italian Trusteeship of Somalia.^[1] He was also a member of Somalia's first Parliament.^[2] Boqor was assassinated in 1991 in Mogadishu.

Biography

Haji Muse Boqor was born in Bargal, a town in present-day Bari, Somalia. He memorized the Quran at a young age. In 1929, he moved to Mogadishu to continue his education.^[2]

Boqor joined the Somali Youth League, a group fighting for Somalia's independence. During the 10 years of Italian trusteeship, he served in the cabinet of Premiership of Abdullahi Isse. He became Somalia's first Minister of Interior Affairs and held this position until the country gained independence in 1960.^[3]^[4]

Assassination and coup d'état

On 15 October 1969, Somali president Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was assassinated in the Somalian city of Las Anod^[1] by 22-year-old Said Yusuf Ismail, who shot the president seven times.^[1] President Sharmarke fell to the ground and died at the scene.^[5] After the president's death, Boqor was in contention to become the next president. However, just six days later, on October 21, 1969, a military coup took place.^[6] The Somali Army, led by Siad Barre, took control of the government without resistance, marking the beginning of Barre's rule over Somalia.^[7]

Detention and death

After the military coup, many politicians, scholars, and religious leaders, including Boqor, were arrested, being seen as potential rivals and a threat to the new rule.^[2]^[8] After his release, he became one of the 114 members of the "Manifesto Group", which signed a peace agreement aimed at ending fighting between Siad Barre's government and United Somali Congress (USC) militias in Mogadishu.

On January 5, 1991, Boqor was killed by mortar shelling in the Kaaraan District.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2017). "Who Assassinated the Somali President in October 1969? The Cold War, the Clan Connection, or the Coup d'État". African Security. 10 (2): 131–154. doi:10.1080/19392206.2017.1305861. ISSN 1939-2206. JSTOR 48598936.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "XASUUS XAAJI MUUSE BOQOR CUSMAAN OO MUQDISHU LAGU DILAY 1991" [THE MEMORY OF HAJI MUUSE BOQOR OSMAAN WHO WAS ASSASSINATED 1991 IN MOGADISHU]. Radio Daljir (in Somali). 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ MOSLEY, JASON (23 January 2015). "PETER WOODWARD, Crisis in the Horn of Africa: politics, piracy and the threat of terror. London: I. B. Tauris (hb £56 – 978 1 78076 220 3; pb £14.99 – 978 1 78076 221 0). 2012, 240 pp. - CHRISTOPHER L. DANIELS, Somali Piracy and Terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press (hb £39.95 – 978 0 8108 8310 9; pb £18.95 – 978 0 8108 8694 0). 2012, 254 pp". Africa. 85 (1): 163–165. doi:10.1017/s0001972014000813. ISSN 0001-9720.
^ Kapteijns, Lidwien (March 2005). "BOOK REVIEW: Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji. HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF SOMALIA. African Historical Dictionary Series, 87. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003". Africa Today. 51 (3): 136–138. doi:10.2979/aft.2005.51.3.136. ISSN 0001-9887.
^ Breland Jr, A. E. (24 May 2000). "Who Cares About Tarawa?". JAMA. 283 (20): 2626. doi:10.1001/jama.283.20.2626. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 10847803.
^ Thompson, Daniel K. (9 February 2016). "Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia Border Problem 1941–2014 by Vincent Bakpetu Thompson Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2015. Pp. 405. £29·95 (pbk)". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 54 (1): 182–184. doi:10.1017/s0022278x15000920. ISSN 0022-278X.
^ "Who Assassinated The Somali President In October 1969? | Saxafi Media". 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
^ Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2012). "The Making of the 1990 Manifesto: Somalia's Last Chance for State Survival". Northeast African Studies. 12 (2): 72–74. ISSN 0740-9133. JSTOR 41931314. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Office established	Minister of Interior Affairs (Somalia) 1956–1959	Succeeded by Abdullahi Issa Acting

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[:0-1] Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2017). "Who Assassinated the Somali President in October 1969? The Cold War, the Clan Connection, or the Coup d'État". African Security. 10 (2): 131–154. doi:10.1080/19392206.2017.1305861. ISSN 1939-2206. JSTOR 48598936.

[daljir-2] "XASUUS XAAJI MUUSE BOQOR CUSMAAN OO MUQDISHU LAGU DILAY 1991" [THE MEMORY OF HAJI MUUSE BOQOR OSMAAN WHO WAS ASSASSINATED 1991 IN MOGADISHU]. Radio Daljir (in Somali). 7 January 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[3] MOSLEY, JASON (23 January 2015). "PETER WOODWARD, Crisis in the Horn of Africa: politics, piracy and the threat of terror. London: I. B. Tauris (hb £56 – 978 1 78076 220 3; pb £14.99 – 978 1 78076 221 0). 2012, 240 pp. - CHRISTOPHER L. DANIELS, Somali Piracy and Terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press (hb £39.95 – 978 0 8108 8310 9; pb £18.95 – 978 0 8108 8694 0). 2012, 254 pp". Africa. 85 (1): 163–165. doi:10.1017/s0001972014000813. ISSN 0001-9720.

[4] Kapteijns, Lidwien (March 2005). "BOOK REVIEW: Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji. HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF SOMALIA. African Historical Dictionary Series, 87. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003". Africa Today. 51 (3): 136–138. doi:10.2979/aft.2005.51.3.136. ISSN 0001-9887.

[5] Breland Jr, A. E. (24 May 2000). "Who Cares About Tarawa?". JAMA. 283 (20): 2626. doi:10.1001/jama.283.20.2626. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 10847803.

[6] Thompson, Daniel K. (9 February 2016). "Conflict in the Horn of Africa: The Kenya–Somalia Border Problem 1941–2014 by Vincent Bakpetu Thompson Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2015. Pp. 405. £29·95 (pbk)". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 54 (1): 182–184. doi:10.1017/s0022278x15000920. ISSN 0022-278X.

[7] "Who Assassinated The Somali President In October 1969? | Saxafi Media". 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

[ingiriis2-8] Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2012). "The Making of the 1990 Manifesto: Somalia's Last Chance for State Survival". Northeast African Studies. 12 (2): 72–74. ISSN 0740-9133. JSTOR 41931314. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

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