Speaker of The Parliament
Madobe was elected to the controversial role of speaker in the wake of the dismissal of Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, who was voted out by the Transitional Federal Parliament on January 17, 2007 because of his sympathetic support of the rival Islamic Courts Union (ICU) which prosecuted a war against the TFG and its Ethiopian allies December 2006–January 2007. Adan Mohamed Nuur "Madobe" was elected to the Speaker's position by the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on January 31, 2007 and sworn in on February 3.
In April and May 2010, a rift developed between Madobe and Prime Minister of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, which culminated in Madobe's resignation after parliament later voted to remove him from office.
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