Haji Muse Boqor

Haji Muse Boqor Osman (; ; 1911–1991) was a politician, businessman, and Somalia's president-in-waiting following the assassination of President Sharmarke. He was the son of Boqor Osman and served as the first Minister of Interior Affairs during the Italian Trusteeship of Somalia. He was also a member of Somalia's first Parliament. Boqor was assassinated in 1991 in Mogadishu.

Biography Haji Muse Boqor was born in Bargal, a town in present-day Bari, Somalia. He memorized the Quran at a young age. In 1929, he moved to Mogadishu to continue his education.

Assassination and coup d'état

On 15 October 1969, Somali president Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was assassinated in the Somalian city of Las Anod After the president's death, Boqor was in contention to become the next president. However, just six days later, on October 21, 1969, a military coup took place. The Somali Army, led by Siad Barre, took control of the government without resistance, marking the beginning of Barre's rule over Somalia.

Detention and death After the military coup, many politicians, scholars, and religious leaders, including Boqor, were arrested, being seen as potential rivals and a threat to the new rule. After his release, he became one of the 114 members of the "Manifesto Group", which signed a peace agreement aimed at ending fighting between Siad Barre's government and United Somali Congress (USC) militias in Mogadishu.

On 5 January 1991, Boqor was assassinated by mortar shelling in the Kaaraan District.