Aidid Abdullahi Ilka-Hanaf

Aidid Abdullahi Ilka-Hanaf
عيديد عبد الله إلكحنف
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Somalia
In office
2 April 2011 – 4 May 2016
Appointed bySharif Sheikh Ahmed
Preceded byMohamed Omar Farah
Succeeded byIbrahim Idle Suleiman
Minister of Education
In office
5 January 2008 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterNur Hassan Hussein
Succeeded byAhmed Abdulahi Waayeel
Personal details
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • judge

Aidid Abdullahi Ilka-Hanaf (Somali: Caydid Cabdullahi Ilka Xanaf, Arabic: عيديد عبد الله إلكحنف) is a Somali lawyer, politician, and former judge, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Somalia from 2011 until his firing by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in 2016.[1][2] He previously served as education minister in the government of Nur Hassan Hussein but resigned on 2 August 2008, alongside nine other ministers, in protest of Hussein's dismissal of Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb days earlier.

References

  1. ^ "Somalia President fires Chief Justice". Garowe Online. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Somalia's chief justice welcomes sacking". Goobjoog. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2025.


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