Mohamed Nur
| Mohamed Nur محمد نور |
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| Mayor of Mogadishu | |
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In office 2010 – 27 February 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mohamed Afrah Qanyare |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Mohamed Hussein |
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| Born | Somalia |
| Alma mater | University of Westminster |
Abdirazak Mohamed Nur (Somali: Maxamed Nuur, Arabic: محمد نور) is a Somali politician. He served as the Mayor of Mogadishu from 2010 to 27 February 2014.
Nur was born to a family from the Udejeen sub-clan of the Hawiye.
He was raised in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Nur is married to Shamis, with whom he has six children.
When the Somali Civil War broke out in the early 1990s, he and his family emigrated to London in 1993. The family initially stayed in Hackney, later relocating to the Queen's Crescent neighborhood, where they are still based.
Nur subsequently pursued higher education studies, graduating from the University of Westminster.
Nicknamed "Tarzan", Nur is a civil engineer and entrepreneur by profession.
In an administrative capacity, he worked as a business advisor to the Islington Council in London.
In 2006, Nur unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat as a Labour Party councillor in Fortune Green.
He also established and ran the Kentish Town Somali Welfare Association, the first such Somali community organization in Kentish Town. Based in the Queen's Crescent Community Centre, it offers support and direction to new immigrants.
In 2010, through his involvement with a Somali political organization in the diaspora, Nur was appointed Mogadishu's new Mayor. He took on the task believing he could effect positive change by "altering the mindset of the people" in the battle-scarred city.
Since taking office, Nur's administration enacted a number of reforms in a bid to improve the city's security and service delivery, including starting a garbage collection program, erecting proper streetlights and providing around-the-clock electricity, sacking corrupt public officials, and offering formal police protection. The municipal government also firmed up on traffic safety, fining motorists who drive without lights, in the wrong street lanes or carrying excessive loads.
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