Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (, ‎; 1912–12 June 2012) was a Somali politician and the Speaker of the Parliament of the Somali Republic, and later briefly an Acting President in 1969.

Early life Hussein was born into a Hadame family (part of the larger Rahaweyn clan), in the central town of Xuddur in the Bakool region.

Politics In 1946, Hussein joined the burgeoning, nationalist party of the Somali Youth Club (which later changed its name to the Somali Youth League). He served the SYL's head office in what was then known as Upper Jubba, which included several current regions of Southwestern Somalia.

He died in Nairobi, Kenya in 2012 at about 100 years old. He was accorded a state funeral by the government in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was buried there on June 15, 2012.