Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

At-a-Glance

Serves as the President of Somalia since May 2022, having previously held the office from 2012 to 2017.
Co-founded the Somali Institute of Management and Administration (SIMAD) in 1999, which later grew into SIMAD University.
Earned a master's degree in technical education from Bhopal University in 1988 and defended his doctoral dissertation in Peace, Governance and Development from the University for Peace in October 2022.
Named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013.
Founder and current chairman of the Union for Peace and Development Party.

Biography

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is a Somali politician currently serving as the President of Somalia since May 15, 2022. He previously held the office from 2012 to 2017. Born on November 29, 1955, in Jalalaqsi in the Hiiraan region, he is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University's Summer Peacebuilding Institute and holds a master's degree in technical education from Bhopal University (now Barkatullah University), completed in 1988.