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Yusuf Osman Samatar was born on 15 March, 1932 in Somalia, is a lawyer. Discover Yusuf Osman Samatar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Occupation lawyer, politician qareen iyo siyaasi
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March 1932
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Somalia
Date of death 13 February 2020 - America America
Died Place America
Nationality Somalia

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Yusuf Osman Samatar Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Yusuf Osman Samatar worth at the age of 88 years old? Yusuf Osman Samatar’s income source is mostly from being a successful lawyer. He is from Somalia. We have estimated Yusuf Osman Samatar's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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1994

In 1994, Yusuf Osman Samatar moved to the United States with his family, settling in Boston. He re-entered Somali politics in the early 2000s, serving as a political adviser to Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed who would later become President of Somalia. At the time, President Ahmed's government represented the most serious effort to unite Somalia following 17 years of anarchy after the collapse of Somali state.

1989

According to Amnesty International, Samatar suffered from chronic ill-health and was denied medical treatment, family visits, access to any legal representative or correspondence of any kind. The organization routinely appealed to its supporters to write letters on behalf of Samatar to secure his release or at least improve his detention conditions. In February 1989, less than two years before the collapse of the Somali state, Samatar was released from prison. At the time, Amnesty International noted that Samatar was "one of the longest held prisoners of conscience" known to the organization.

1975

A preeminent communist leader, Samatar served as a member of parliament until the military coup. after which he was imprisoned and detained without charge or trial almost continuously by the regime. His detention under Somalia's Detention Law, which contained no provisions for independent reviews of detentions nor allowed detainees the right to appeal their detention, was in direct violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 1975, Samatar was placed in permanent solitary confinement in Labatan Jirow maximum security prison due to his non-violent criticism of the government and his refusal to join or support the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, which was the only legal political party in the country at the time.

1970

Yusuf Osman Samatar was married twice, first to Zeinab with whom he had three children and later in the 1970s to the daughter of prominent politician Muse Boqor. Samatar currently resides with his wife Maryan Muse Boqor in Boston.

1962

After returning to his native Somalia, Samatar became very active in the nationalist movement, first joining the Somali Youth League and after independence establishing the first socialist party in the country. He was Secretary-General of the leftist Somali Democratic Union (SDU). The political party, which was formed in 1962, won 15 seats in the 1964 legislative elections making it one of the largest political parties in the country, only behind the Somali Youth League and Socialist National Congress (SNC) in votes. The SDU was banned by Mohamed Siad Barre following his rise to power in 1969.

1961

Yusuf Osman Samatar (Barda'ad) (Somali: Yuusuf Cismaan Samatar (Bardacad)) was a lawyer, post-colonial political party leader, and former member of Somalia's parliament. First arrested in 1961, Samatar was arrested again in 1975 by the dictatorial regime and detained without charge or trial. A prisoner of conscience, Samatar would spend nearly two decades in prison, mostly in solitary confinement making him the longest serving political prisoner in Somalia's history.

1932

Born in the Nugal region of Somalia in 1932, Yusuf Osman Samatar hails from the Majeerteen clan. He completed his primary and secondary school studies in Somalia before leaving for Italy to study political science at the University of Rome. In the 1950s, Samatar returned to Somalia where he attended law school, obtaining a law degree before entering the political scene.