He is a member of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) and has served in the National Assembly of Djibouti as well as the Pan-African Parliament.
At the roundtable talks in Paris regarding Djibouti's independence in 1977, Hassan was the spokesman of the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast.
[1] Hassan was elected to the National Assembly again in the December 1997 parliamentary election[1] as the 13th candidate on the joint candidate list of the RPP and the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) in Djibouti Region.
[5] On 10 March 2004, Hassan was chosen by the National Assembly as one of Djibouti's initial five members of the Pan-African Parliament.
[6][7] Hassan was not included on the UMP's candidate list for the February 2008 parliamentary election,[8] but subsequently he was appointed as an ambassador on 1 April 2008.