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Somali MPs choose Mohamed Osman Jawari as speaker | Somali MPs choose Mohamed Osman Jawari as speaker |
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Former minister Mohamed Osman Jawari has been elected as Somalia's speaker of parliament in the latest step in a UN process to end decades of war. | Former minister Mohamed Osman Jawari has been elected as Somalia's speaker of parliament in the latest step in a UN process to end decades of war. |
Mr Jawari was chosen by MPs, who were sworn in last week. His rivals all withdrew from the race. | Mr Jawari was chosen by MPs, who were sworn in last week. His rivals all withdrew from the race. |
He is from the Rahanweyn clan, meaning outgoing speaker Shariff Hassan Sheik Adan is unlikely to be president when that post is filled in the coming days. | He is from the Rahanweyn clan, meaning outgoing speaker Shariff Hassan Sheik Adan is unlikely to be president when that post is filled in the coming days. |
Mr Adan is also from the Rahanweyn clan and power is traditionally shared. | Mr Adan is also from the Rahanweyn clan and power is traditionally shared. |
The president is normally from a different clan to the speaker of parliament. | The president is normally from a different clan to the speaker of parliament. |
Mr Adan was a bitter rival to outgoing President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. | Mr Adan was a bitter rival to outgoing President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. |
Mr Jawari, 67, was a minister in the administration of Siad Barre, whose government was the last to control the whole country before it was toppled in 1991. | |
The BBC Somali Service's Abdirahman Koronto says Mr Jawari gained huge support because he has not been embroiled in the religious and clan-based conflicts that have hit Somalia over the past 21 years. | |
He is a lawyer by profession who worked for the UN and as an academic in Norway, he says. | |
More recently, Mr Jawari chaired several committees in Somalia that oversaw the drafting of a new constitution. | |
"He is an expert who specialised in Sharia and comprehensive law," his personal secretary, Said Mohamed Adow, told the BBC's Somali Service. | |
Mr Jawari's victory will disqualify Mr Adan from the presidency, as Somalia's power-sharing formula says leaders from different clans must occupy the key posts of parliamentary speaker, prime minister and president, our reporter says. | |
Mr Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, is one of the front-runners in the presidential race. | Mr Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, is one of the front-runners in the presidential race. |
Pro-government forces have recently gained ground from the al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabab. However, the radical Islamists still control many southern and central areas. | Pro-government forces have recently gained ground from the al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabab. However, the radical Islamists still control many southern and central areas. |
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