BAIDOA (Halbeeg News) – The leader of Southwest State, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden has today announced that he is a candidate for the upcoming presidential election which are to be held in Baidoa.
Mr. Aden who has been serving the office for the last four years has met with the members of the Southwest state Assembly at the presidential palace of Southwest State.
The president briefed the members on the achievements of his administration during his tenure of the presidency.
“We have done a lot and still struggling to do our best to make this state a better place. We are planning to hold the election this year and I am one of the candidates contesting for the Presidential seat,” he said.
Southwest State is expected to hold its presidential election in November this year.
Born in Bardale district of Bay Region in the year 1946, Mr. Aden joined the politics in 2004 when he was elected as the speaker of parliament at a reconciliation conference held in Nairobi, Kenya and held the post until 2007.
In November 2014, he was elected as the president for South West State.
He remains to be one of the most influential politicians in Somalia and one of the pioneers of the leaders of Somalia’s Council of Federal member states.
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