Gamal Mohamed Hassan

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Gamal Mohamed Hassan
MP
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Minister
In office
29 March 2017 – Present
PresidentMohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Prime MinisterMohamed Hussein Roble
Personal details
BornDhahar, Sanaag, Somaliland
Political party
ChildrenThree
Alma materCarleton University Ottawa, Canada
OccupationPolitician, academic

Gamal Mohamed Hassan (Somali: Gamaal Maxamed Xasan, Arabic: جمال محمد حسن; born June 1973) is a Somali politician who is the current Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia.[1] Prior to this position, Mr. Hassan served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the Republic of Kenya.[2]

Biography[]

He was previously a senior official at the U.S diplomatic mission in Nairobi, Kenya. On 2 April 2015, Hassan was appointed as the new Ambassador of Somalia to Kenya.[3]

Before joining the Government, he served as a Senior Political Advisor to the United States Special Representative for Somalia (SRS) on political affairs and related democracy, governance, and human rights issues.

He has also worked for the Government of Canada, Carleton University in Ottawa, and Canadem in Ukraine, and studied at Carleton and MOI Universities and obtained BA in Political Science and MA in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy respectively. Mr. Jamal Hassan is married with three children.

References[]

  1. ^ "AMB. Gamal M Hassan".
  2. ^ "Former Senior politician named new Ambassador to Kenya". Halganka. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Somali cabinet appoints five new ambassadors". Goobjoog. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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