| Intro | Fierce Warrior of Somalia |
| Was |
Physician |
| From |
Somalia |
| Type |
Healthcare |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 16 October 1952, Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Death |
8 July 2008, Jijiga, Ethiopia (aged 55 years)
|
| Star sign | Libra |
Hanad Zakaria Warsame (October 16, 1952 – July 8, 2008) was a doctor, born to a Somali father and an Ethiopian mother.
He was the 1st President of EVIFF and former senior congressman of the ONLF from 1989 until his assassination on July 8, 2008.
Hanad grew up in Somalia with his father and twin brother. His father Mahmoud Aden Warsame’s mother is the daughter of Yusuf Dheere Mohamed Sugaal founder of the Western Somali Liberation Front. He joined the ONLF army encouraged by his Pan-Somalist father but Hanad later quit and pursued medical studies and became doctor in Jijiga.
He co founded EVIFF with Aycad who is the daughter of an Ethiopian Pan-Somalist named Facilides. She succeeded him on 10 July 2008.
Sources
- BBC world news article, 2008