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Nur Hassan Hussein, who led Somalia as its prime minister during a crucial transitional period beset by insurgency and humanitarian crises, died on Wednesday in London. He was 82.

His death came after he had contracted the coronavirus, his family said. Mr. Hussein, popularly known as Nur Adde, had been treated at King’s College Hospital for over two weeks.

He was born in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, on Feb. 2, 1938, and studied law in both Somalia and Italy. He spent decades in various government jobs, including serving as a law enforcement official under the Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.