Osman became assembly Speaker and Issa formed Somalia’s first self-government in 1956

Evidence

The victors moved forward, and the first step for the legislative assembly was to elect officers. It chose Aden Abdulle Osman, the SYL leader, as Speaker of the assembly. He immediately relinquished his party leadership, and Abdirazak H. Hussen (who did not run in the election because the list of party candidates was submitted before he returned from New York) was chosen to replace him. Anzillotti nominated Abdullahi Issa as prime minister and asked him to form Somalia’s first internal self-government. Issa had a difficult time convincing the most literate of the assembly members to join his cabinet. They were reluctant because they did not feel they had the competency and experience to manage public affairs and did not want to humiliate themselves in public. After much cajoling they consented to serve. The five ministers were Haji Musa Boqor (Interior minister), Haji Farah Ali Omer (minister of Economic Affairs), Sheikh Ali Jimale (minister of Social Affairs), Salaad Abdi Mohamoud (minister of Finance), and Mohamoud Abdi Nur (Juujo) (minister of Labor and General Affairs). The administrator retained three portfolios (foreign affairs, defense, and external trade). — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 337