Mohamed Abdi Mohamed "Gandhi"
| Mohamed Abdi Mohamed (Gandhi) محمد عبدي محمد | |
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| Ambassador of Somalia to Canada | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed |
| President of Azania | |
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In office April 3, 2011 – May 15, 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Mohamed Islam (as president of Jubaland) |
| Minister of Defence of Somalia | |
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In office February 2009 – November 12, 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke |
| Preceded by | Nur Hassan Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21.July 1954 Galkacayo Somalia |
| Political party | Transitional Federal Government |
Mohamed Abdi Mohamed (Gandhi) (Somali: Maxamed Cabdi Maxamed, Arabic: محمد عبدي محمد) is a Somali geologist, anthropologist, historian and politician. He is the former Minister of Defense of Somalia, and the former President of Azania (Jubaland). In July 2014, Gandhi was appointed as Somalia's Ambassador to Canada.
Professor Mohamed Abdi Xaji-Mohamed, nicknamed "Gandhi", is from Somalia. From childhood, Mohamed was a great student and managed to memorize the Koran at an early age. He excelled in his elementary schooling as well. He was accepted to the most prestigious high school at the time, Jamal Abdelnazer High School in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where he graduated as an honor student in the class of 1970. He was one of the top students in his high school and the entire country for that year and was awarded a full a scholarship to go to France for higher education. He arrived in France in October 1972 to attend Besançon University. There he majored in geology and graduated with a B.A. in September 1976. Then he continued on to acquire his Master of Science in Geology in 1979. He obtained his PhD in applied geology in June 1983. The title of his thesis was "Study of Geology and Hydrogeology of the Central Somalia Basin (Somali Democratic Republic)”. After graduation, Gandhi started lecturing at the same university.
He continued to pursue another major (history and civilization of antiquity) and received his second Ph.D in 1990. Through that decade the professor continued lecturing at the University of Besançon, France.
Prof Gandhi also received his Certificate in Anthropology of Space, around March 1992, at the University of New Lisbon, under the Erasmus exchange. In addition to that he received a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) from Besançon University in Besançon, France. Prof Gandhi was awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma from the French Academy. He also served as a senior program advisor of UNDP Somalia in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). An active participant in the Somali peace process, Gandhi was a Lead Consultant in Mapping the Somali Civil Society. He also chaired the Technical Committee at the Arta Somali Peace process that took place in Arta, Djibouti, as well as being a member of the Somali Civil Society at the Somali Peace and Reconciliation Conference that was held in Kenya. Mohamed Cabdi Mohamed (Gandhi) is an accomplished author; he has published 12 books in addition to more than 50 scientific articles in various academic journals. He has also edited three studies. Professor Mohamed Abdi Mohamed was recently elected the President of Azania States in 2011. Professor Gandhi previously served as a Defense Secretary and Minister of Air and Transportation in the Somali Transitional Federal Government. He is a Member of Parliament of the TFG.
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