Hassan was born in the town of Galdogob, situated in the north-central Mudug region of the former Italian Somaliland.

[3] Hassan pursued his post-secondary education in the USSR, graduating in 1965 from the Biology Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah accused him of trying to make the negotiations fail to extend his time in office.

On October 10, 2004, in a session held by the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was elected as President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), a successor interim body to the TNG that Ahmed had helped establish earlier in the year.

He takes part in numerous events in and around Somalia where he talks to his fellow countrymen about how they can change their nation for the better.