Fadumo Ahmed Alin was a
Somali politician who served as the Assistant (Deputy)
Minister of Education between 1974 and 1982.[1] Alin, a teacher by profession, was the first woman elected to the
Somali cabinet, and the first female minister in Somalia. On September 5 to 6 of 1993, she was a participant in a workshop on peace and conflict in
Hargeisa.
References
^"Somalia Ministers". www.guide2womenleaders.com.
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Bradbury, Mark. October 1993. The Somali Conflict: Prospects for Peace. Oxford: Oxfam UK and Ireland, p. 125.
Mogadishu Domestic Service [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 2 February 1987. "Other Officials Named." (FBIS/DIRB Somalia Country File)
Mogadishu Radio [Mogadishu, in Somali]. 7 February 1980. "New Somali Government." (BBC Summary 9 Feb. 1990/NEXIS )