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Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)

Government ministry of Somalia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ16895207 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somali: Wasaaradda Arrimaha Gudaha Soomaaliya; Arabic: وزارة الداخلية, romanized: Wizārat al-Dākhilīyah) is the interior ministry of Somalia and is the responsible authority for Federal affairs, naturalization and customs in Somalia. It was founded in 1967 after the combined ministerial body covering financial and interior affairs were separated. The first holder was Haji Muse Boqor. current minister is Ali Yusuf Ali Hosh.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)” as government ministry of Somalia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1967. The account is most persuasive where Ministry, Interior and Federal can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as government ministry of Somalia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16895207. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967.

Critical limits

Institutional narratives can privilege the records that survived while minimizing voices that were never formally collected. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.

Best used for
  • Event chronology
  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
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Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia) primary sources, Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia) archive and Ministry research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)”?
  2. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
  3. Which voices are present, absent or mediated by the institution?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.