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词条 Ahmed Issack Hassan
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  1. Early life and career

  2. References

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Ahmed Issack Hassan is the former Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)

of the Republic of Kenya from November 2011 to October 6th 2016. Before that he was

the Chairperson of the Interim Independence Electoral Commission (IIEC) from

May 2009 to November 2011. He was appointed on November 9, 2011,[1]

to Chair the electoral body comprising eight Commissioners following a

recommendation by Parliament.

As a practicing Lawyer, Ahmed Issack

specialized in Commercial and Constitutional Law. He has worked as an

Associate Advocate, partner and Head of Litigation department and as the

Managing Partner in the law firm of Messrs Ibrahim, Issack & Co. Advocates

until May 2009. He served as a Commissioner on the

Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) from 2000 to 2005. In June

2006, he was appointed by H.E. President Mwai Kibaki to serve on a

Presidential Commission of Inquiry to inquire into breaches of National

Security by Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan (Artur Brothers).

He has also worked as Legal Consultant for the United Nations Political Office

for Somalia (UNPOS) training Somali Parliamentarians on Constitutionalism and

Federalism in Baidoa, Somalia in 2006. He also served as Legal Consultant for

UNDP-Somalia on the Somalia Constitution Making Project from June to December

2008. Between June 2006 and May 2009, he served as a General Legal Counsel for

the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. During the same period,

he also served as a Special Legal Adviser to the Transitional President of the

Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, the Late Col. (Rtd) Abdullahi

Yusuf.

Issack has served on several

Boards and statutory Commissions, including the Board of Governors of Garissa

High School and the Board of Directors of Water Resources Management Authority

(WRMA).

Issack has participated in

numerous forums on election management and shared experiences with election

officials from other countries. He has observed elections in many

countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, Canada and the USA. He

has also authored several articles and publications on governance, security,

human rights, elections and international law.

In April 2011, he was the Head of

the AU Observer Mission to Nigeria’s Elections. In December 2012, he was

the Head of the EISA Observer Mission to Ghana’s Elections. He has

contributed towards the development of jurisprudence in elections and has been

called upon to make presentations at various national, regional and

international conferences. In December 2010, Hassan was awarded the

Uwiano Platform Award by the UN and the Kenyan National Cohesion &

Integration Commission. In December 2010, he was awarded a National

Honour titled the Order of the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) – Second Class

conferred by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya for

rendering exemplary services to the nation.

In November 2011 Issack was

awarded the CIO-100 Leadership Award for Visionary Leadership at the Commission

and Foresight in embracing ICT as a transformation tool in the Management of

Elections. In November 2013, at the 7th International Electoral

Affairs Symposium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Issack was awarded an

International Electoral Award by the International Centre for Parliamentary

Studies (ICPS) for outstanding achievement in Election Management and Conflict

Resolution.

He has served as Chair of the East

African Community – Electoral Commission Forum (EAC – ECF) based in Arusha, a

member of the Executive Committee of the COMESA Electoral Commission Forum

based in Lusaka. He is the Chairman of the Executive Council of the

Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) based in Accra. He

also serves on the Executive Board of the Association of World Election Bodies

(A-WEB) based in Seoul and is currently the Chairperson of the Commonwealth

Electoral Network Steering Committee (CEN – SC), based in London.

Early life and career

Ahmed Issack Hassan was born on March 2, 1970. He attended Garissa High school in 1988 before proceeding to the University of Nairobi where he graduated from the University of Nairobi in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in law. Thereafter he proceeded to obtain a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kenya School of Law in 1994. He was admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya on 23 February 1995. He later went into private legal practice.

Issack is also a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPSK) and a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), East African Law Society (EALS), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) (Kenya Chapter), Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPS), Association of Professional Societies of East Africa (APSEA), Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the International Bar Association (IBA).[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Isaack Hassan{{!}} Who's Who in Kenya|url=http://www.whoswho.co.ke/isaack-hassan|accessdate=29 May 2012}}
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