The Ogaden (Somali: Ogaadeen, Arabic: أوغادين) is a Somali clan, and one of the largest Darod subclans.
Members of the Ogaden clan primarily live in the central Ogaden plateau of Ethiopia (Somali Region), the North Eastern Province of Kenya, and the Jubaland region of Southern Somalia. They also inhabit Somalia's major cities such as Mogadishu and Kismayo.
According to Human Rights Watch, the Ogaden is the largest Darod clan in Ethiopia's Somali Region, and may account for 60 to 70 percent of the Somali population in Ethiopia. Other views hold that they form at least 75 percent of the Somali population in the Ogaden region. The Ogaden clan "constitutes the backbone of the ONLF". In particular, the ONLF operates in Ogaden areas
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.
Darod (Daarood)
Marehan
Red Dini
Rer Hassan
Eli Dheere
Kabalah
Absame
Ogaden
Tolomoge
Makaahiil
Mohamed Zubeir
Aulihan
Jidwaq
Harti
Dhulbahante (Dolbahante)
Warsangali (Warsengeli)
Majeerteen (Mijerteen)
Omar Mahmud
Issa Mahmud
Osman Mahmoud (Osman Mahmud)
In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:
Darod
Harti
Ogaden
Marehan
Awrtable
Lelkase
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Sayyid; religious and nationalist leader of the Dervish State; called the Mad Mullah by the British.
Aden Abdullahi Nur Gabiyow, former Minister of Defence of Somalia.
Admiral Mohammed Omar Osman, current ONLF chairman
Asli Hassan Abade, first Somali female pilot
Farah Maalim, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, Islamist leader in Somalia and military leader in the Islamic Courts Union
Mohamed Abdi Mohamed ("Gandhi"), former Minister of Defense of Somalia; prominent anthropologist and activist
Mohamed Yusuf Haji, former Minister of Defence and acting Minister of Internal Security and Provincial Affairs in Kenya
Nuruddin Farah, renowned writer and winner of the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Ugaas Abdulrahman Muhumad Qani, former President of the Somali Region in Ethiopia
Ahmed Mohamed Islam, President of Jubbaland, chairman of the Raskamboni movement
Hassan Abdillahi, founder and President of Ogaal Radio
Shukran Hussein Gure, MP for Garissa County
Sheikh Abdi Qani Sheikh Ahmed Aw adan, Minister of Justice and Religion Affairs 1970-1973
Mahamoud Mohamed, former Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces
Hussein Maalim Mohamed, Minister of State in the office of the presidency
Aden Bare Duale, current Majority Leader in the Kenyan Parliament
Nathif Jama Adam, Governor of Garissa County and former Head of the Sharjah Islamic Bank's Investments & International Banking Division
Abdirahman Ali Hassan, Wajir county Senator and the deputy minority leader in the senate house from 2013-2017, assistant minister of trade 2005-2007, Wajir south constituency MP from 2002-2013.
