Hussein Maalim | |
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Minister of State of Kenya | |
In office 1983 – Jan. 2002 | |
Hussein Maalim Mohamed (Somali: Huseen Maalim Maxamed) is a Kenyan politician. He is a former Minister of State in the office of the president.[1]
Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali family from the Abdulwak sub-clan of the Ogaden Darod.[2][3] His older brother Mahamoud Mohamed was the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces,[1] and was responsible for successfully suppressing the 1982 coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi.[4]
In 1983, Hussein became the first Somali to be appointed to Kenya's cabinet, when he was named Minister of State in the office of the presidency.[1]