Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo
| Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) | |
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| 9th President of Somalia | |
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Assumed office 16 February 2017 |
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| Prime Minister |
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Hassan Ali Khayre |
| Preceded by | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| 14th Prime Minister of Somalia | |
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In office 1 November 2010 – 19 June 2011 |
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| President | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Abdiweli Mohamed Ali |
| Leader of the Tayo Party | |
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Assumed office 5 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 March 1962 Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Citizenship | American, Somali |
| Political party | Tayo |
| Spouse(s) | Saynab Moallim |
| Children | Two sons, two daughters |
| Education | University at Buffalo (BA; MA) |
Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed (Somali: Maxamed Cabdulaahi Maxamed Farmaajo, Arabic: محمد عبد الله محمد; born 11 March 1962) is a Somali diplomat and politician who is the 9th and current President of Somalia. He was previously Prime Minister of Somalia from November 2010 until June 2011 and is the founder and Chairman of the Tayo Political Party. He became the President of Somalia after winning the 2017 Somali presidential election with the votes of 184 of the total of 328 members of the Somali Parliament.
Mohamed was born in Mogadishu to a Marehan family. Nicknamed "Farmajo", Italian for cheese, he hails from the Gedo region in the south.
Mohamed's parents were activists affiliated with the Somali Youth League (SYL), Somalia's first political party. During the 1970s, his father worked as a civil servant in the national Department of Transportation.
Mohamed attended a boarding school in Somalia. Between 1989 and 1993, he completed a Bachelor's degree in History from the State University of New York at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. He followed in 2009 with a Master's degree in Political Science (American Studies) from the University at Buffalo. His thesis was titled: "U.S. Strategic Interest in Somalia: From the Cold War Era to the War on Terror."
Mohamed holds both Somali and American citizenship.
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