educated, young and energetic professionals who had been selected on the basis of merit. During his tenure as Somalia's ambassador to the United Nations, Hussein also signed a number of international agreements on the country's behalf, including the International Convention on Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. Openness, stability, fairness, anti-corruption and anti-nepotism, and good governance characterized his political career, particularly his tenure as Prime Minister. See also Hirsi Bulhan Farah Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Aden Abdulle Osman Daar Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf Notes References 1924 births 2014 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Somalia Somalian Muslims Ethnic Somali people People from Galkayo Somali Youth League politicians Somalian diplomats Somalian expatriates in the United States