About Said Hassan Shire
Said Hassan Shire was a Somali politician.
Said Hassan Shire (, ) is a Puntland politician. He is the former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puntland from 4 January 2014 to 9 November 2015.
Biography Shire is in his 40s, and hails from the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland.
He has held various positions in both the Puntland regional administration and the central government. In 2000, Shire served as an MP in the Transitional National Government's interim parliament. He later acted as a Deputy Minister in the Transitional Federal Government in 2007.
In December 2013, Shire was among 66 new MPs appointed to the Puntland parliament. He subsequently ran for Parliament Speaker during the 2014 Puntland elections, winning the third round ballot 40 votes to 26 votes against the runner-up, former Speaker of Parliament MP Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi of Mudug.
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