Suleiman Haglotosiye

Saleeban Essa Ahmed
Minister of Health
In office
January 2013 – November 2017
PresidentAhmed Mohamed Mohamoud
Preceded byDr Hussein Muhumed Mahamud
Succeeded byHassan Ismail Yusuf
Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC (HBM-SSC)
In office
2010–2012
Succeeded byAhmed Elmi Osman
Personal details
Born1968
Buuhoodle, Somali Republic (now ssc-Khatumo region of Somalia)
Political partyPeace, Unity, and Development Party
Alma materSomali National University

Saleban Essa Ahmed "Haglotosiye" (Somali: Saleeban Ciise Axmed “Xaglatoosiye”), is a prominent Somali politician who was the leader of the SSC Movement and served as Somaliland's Minister of Health.

Haglotosiye has had an elaborate career in Somali politics, in 2009 he run as presidential candidate in the Puntland elections. After he lost the election he created Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC (HBM-SSC), which had a main purpose of liberating the Sool, Sanaag and Ayn regions from Somaliland. However, he joined Somaliland after an agreement in 2012. Since February 2023, he has been living in Garowe, Puntland[1].

Personal life

Haglotosiye was born in Hargeisa in 1968 and was brought up in Buuhoodle till he moved to Mogadishu to study at the Somali National University in 1980. He belongs to the Reer Hagar[2] clan within the Ararsame sub-section under the Ahmed Gerad sub clan of Dhulbahante.

Career

From 2010, Haglotosiye served as the leader of Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC (HBM-SSC),[3] until 2012 when the organisation was replaced by Khatumo State in a grand conference which took place in Taleex.[4] After this conference Haglotosiye changed his political position and reached an agreement with Somaliland. His was appointed as the Minister of Health in 2013.[5]

In October 2021, Haglotosiye announced that he had left the Kulmiye Party.[6]

On January 29, 2022, Haglotosiye founded the Somaliland People's Party (SPP).[7]

In February 2023, Haglotosiye called on the government to withdraw its troops from the Sool region.[8]Later, Haglotosiye moved to Puntland's capital Garowe.[1]He further announced around March 7 that he was withdrawing from Somaliland politics.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Saleebaan Ciise Xaglatoosiye ayaa marti ku ah barnaamijka Martisoor ee warbaahinta Daljir" [Dr. Saleebaan Ciise Xaglatoosiye is a guest on the Martisoor program of Daljir media] (in Somali). Daljir. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  2. ^ Hoehne, Markus V. (2015). Between Somaliland and Puntland: Marginalization, Militarization and Conflicting Political Vision (PDF). Rift Valley Institute. p. 83. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ Lund, Christian; Eilenberg, Michael (2 May 2017). Rule and Rupture: State Formation Through the Production of Property and Citizenship Front Cover. Wiley. p. 202. ISBN 9781119384793. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Hogaamiyaha maamulka SSC oo Soo Gaadhay Minnesota". Allssc.com. Allssc. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Wasiirka Caafimaadka Somaliland Oo Gaadhay Magaalada Buuhoodle,Kana Warbixiyay Ujeedada Safarkiisa". Ramaasnews. RamaasNews. Retrieved 18 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Ex‑Wasiir Saleebaan Xaglatoosiye Oo Beeniyey Warar Baraha Bulshada Dhex Wareegaya" [Former Minister Saleebaan Haglotosiye Denies Circulating Social Media Rumors] (in Somali). Oodweyne Media. 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  7. ^ "Somaliland: Wasiir Iska casilay Xukuumadda Madaxweyne Muuse Biixi" [Somaliland minister resigns from President Muse Bihi Abdi’s government] (in Somali). Hadhwanaag News. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  8. ^ "Guddoomiyihii hore ee gobolka Banaadir oo sheegay in ciidamo gaar ah la geeyay Laascaanood" [Former governor of Banadir region says special forces deployed to Las Anod] (in Somali). Hiiraan Online. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  9. ^ "CrisisWatch: April Alerts and March Trends 2023". International Crisis Group. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2025-08-03.