Biography
Hassan was born in the town of Galdogob, situated in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. He pursued his post-secondary education in the USSR, graduating in 1965 from the Biology Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
He is from the Habar Gidir sub-clan of the Hawiye centered in Mogadishu, and has a brother named Abdi Salad Hassan who is also active in Somali politics.
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