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Dr. Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (About this sound pronunciation ahb-dool-KAH-seem SAH-laht HAH-sahn; Somali: Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan; Arabic: عبدي قاسم صلاد حسن; born 1941) is a Somali politician. He was President of Somalia from 2000 to 2004 and previously served as Interior Minister and Finance Minister in the government of Mohamed Siad Barre.