Mohamed Osman Jawari Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari محمد عثمان جواري |
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10th Speaker of Somali Parliament | |
Assumed office 28 August 2012 |
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Deputy | Jaylaani Nur Ikar |
Preceded by | Muse Hassan Abdulle (Acting) |
President of Somalia Acting |
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In office 28 August 2012 – 16 September 2012 |
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Prime Minister | Abdiweli Mohamed Ali |
Preceded by | Muse Hassan Abdulle (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Personal details | |
Born |
Afgooye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia |
7 December 1945
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Somali National University |
Religion | Islam |
Mohamed Osman Jawari (Somali: Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari, Arabic: محمد عثمان جواري) (born December 7, 1945 in Afgooye, Somalia) is a Somali attorney and politician. He is the current Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia. He also briefly served as acting President of Somalia in August and September 2012.
Jawari was born in 1945 in the town of Afgooye, Somalia, to a family from the Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle) clan. He originally hails from the southern Bay and Bakool regions (now part of the Southwestern State of Somalia).
Jawari is multilingual. Besides Somali, he also speaks Arabic, Italian, English and Norwegian.
After graduating from high school, Jawari earned a degree in Law from the Somali National University in Mogadishu.
Jawari is a lawyer by profession.
In a political capacity, he held the Minister of Transportation portfolio in the government of former President of Somalia Siad Barre, followed by a position as the Minister of Labor and Sports.
After the civil war broke out in 1991, Jawari moved to Norway. He later returned to Somalia in the 2000s.