Defense Minister Conference attendees who later opposed the TNG General Omar Haji Mohamed "Masale" – Somali National Front (SNF) Hassan Mohamed Nur "Shatigudud" – Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA) Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail – Southern Somali National Movement-Biennal Resistance Movement (SSNM-BIREM), though he later joined the TFG as deputy prime minister and foreign minister 2001 National Commission for Reconciliation and Property Settlement On May 6, 2001, an effort to create a 25-member working body, dubbed the National Commission for Reconciliation and Property Settlement (NCRPS), was damaged when Abdirizak Haji Hussein, former Prime Minister, was named as its head. The Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) and Puntland leadership objected strongly. Hussein later resigned on July 25, 2001. Leaders factions opposed to the TNG in 2001 Hussein Mohamed Farah Aidid – Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) Musse Sudi "Yallahow" 2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference Held in Eldoret, Kenya, this conference was attended by most TFG supporters. However, at the time, the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) was still hotly contending with other factions, including warlord Adan Madobe, who captured Baidoa. The RRA accused the Juba Valley Alliance of assisting the warlord OF ERA, an accusation denied by the JVA leader Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale. 2004 Transitional Federal Charter In February 2004, at Nairobi, Kenya, the government endorsed the Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic. Presidency of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (2004–2008) On October 10, 2004, in a session held by the TFP in Nairobi, Ahmed was elected as president of the TFG, an interim federal administrative body that he had helped establish earlier in the year. He received 189 votes from the TFG Parliament, while the closest contender, erstwhile Somali ambassador to Washington Abdullahi Ahmed Addou, got 79 votes in the third round of voting. The then incumbent President of Somalia, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, peacefully withdrew his candidature. Ahmed was sworn in a few days later on October 14, 2004. Transitional federal government formed After his election, Yusuf formed the first council of ministers by appointing cabinet officials in November 2004. One of his key appointments was Ali Mohammed Ghedi as prime minister. 2006 Parliament held in Baidoa On February 26, 2006 the parliament first met inside Somalia, in the city of Baidoa, 260 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu. 210 lawmakers of the 275-member parliament met in a grain warehouse temporarily converted into a meeting hall. For this reason the Transitional Federal Government was sometimes