Mohamed Aden Sheikh (c. 1936 – 30 September 2010) was a Somali

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and

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who held posts as

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, and

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. Aden was the first Somali surgeon who received his medical training at the University of Rome and practiced at Mogadishu General Hospital. He hails from the Marehan clan. He enter politics in the 1970s and held various cabinet positions. Aden was also a central committee member of the only political party allowed in Somalia, the

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. On 9 June 1982, he was one of seven parliamentarians arrested and accused of

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for having criticized the government of President

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. Aden was the president of the

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at the time of his arrest. He was also the former Head of the Ideology Bureau SRRC and Somali Technological Development.

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