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President · Somalia

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo

76 recorded engagements, 2017–2022: 73 visits, 1 phone call, 2 video conferences and 5 signed agreements.

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76Engagements
73Visits
1Phone calls
2Video conferences
5Signed agreements
25Destination countries
35Multilateral summits
2017–2022Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Somalia from 2017 to 2022

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Somali: Maxaamed Cabdullaahii Maxaamed, Arabic: محمد عبدالله محمد; born March 11, 1962), also known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as president of Somalia from 2017 to 2022. He was prime minister of Somalia for six months, from November 2010 to June 2011. Mohamed is the founder and leader of the Tayo Party since 2012.

== Early life and education ==

Mohamed was born in Mogadishu. Mohamed comes from the Marehan, a sub-clan of the Darod clan. His 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. When the civil war started in 1991 he claimed asylum in Canada and was eventually granted a Canadian passport. Later, he studied in the US where he also claimed political asylum and achieved American citizenship.

While living in Buffalo in the United States, Mohamed was a registered Republican Party member. Mohamed is a Somali citizen. Mohamed renounced his American citizenship in August 2019.

Mohamed is married to Saynab Abdi Moallim, the former First Lady...

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Where they travelled

Somalia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • Ethiopia15
  • Kenya7
  • Turkey6
  • Djibouti6
  • Qatar5
  • Uganda5
  • Eritrea5
  • Egypt4
  • Saudi Arabia3
  • United States of America3
  • Sudan2
  • China2

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations75
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs35
  • Security and Defense16
  • Trade and Economic Relations14
  • Development and Aid7
  • International Conflicts and Crises5
  • Education and Culture2
  • Energy1
  • Health1

Activity by year

2017: 19 engagements2018: 21 engagements2019: 18 engagements2020: 10 engagements2021: 6 engagements2022: 2 engagements201720202022

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2017-04-26TurkeySomalia–Türkiye bilateral agreements and MoUs (2017)
2018-07-28EritreaJoint Declaration on Brotherly Relations (Somalia–Eritrea)
2018-08-31ChinaChina-Somalia agreements on Belt and Road cooperation and other fields
2018-09-05EritreaJoint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Between Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea
2020-01-27EritreaJoint Plan of Action for 2020 (Eritrea–Ethiopia–Somalia)

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2017-02-23 – 2017-02-24VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2017-03-22 – 2017-03-23VisitKenya · Nairobi
2017-03-29 – 2017-03-30Visit SummitJordan · Amman
2017-04-26 – 2017-04-28VisitTurkey · AnkaraAgreement signedSomalia–Türkiye bilateral agreements and MoUs (2017)
2017-05-03 – 2017-05-05VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2017-05-09 – 2017-05-10Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2017-05-20 – 2017-05-21Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2017-05-25 – 2017-05-26VisitQatar · Doha
2017-06-21 – 2017-06-23Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2017-08-20VisitEgypt · Cairo
2017-08-20VisitSudan · Khartoum
2017-10-05 – 2017-10-06VisitSudan · Khartoum
2017-10-22VisitUganda · Kampala
2017-10-23VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2017-11-20 – 2017-11-21VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2017-11-29 – 2017-12-01Visit SummitIvory Coast · Abidjan
2017-11-29VisitKenya · Nairobi
2017-12-07 – 2017-12-08Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2017-12-13Visit SummitTurkey · Ankara
2018-01-28 – 2018-01-29Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2018-04-14 – 2018-04-15Visit SummitSaudi Arabia · Dhahran
2018-05-14 – 2018-05-15VisitQatar · Doha
2018-05-30 – 2018-05-31VisitKenya · Nairobi
2018-06-21Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2018-07-05 – 2018-07-06Visit SummitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2018-07-09 – 2018-07-10VisitTurkey · Ankara
2018-07-16 – 2018-07-17Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2018-07-28 – 2018-07-30VisitEritrea · AsmaraAgreement signedJoint Declaration on Brotherly Relations (Somalia–Eritrea)
2018-08-16VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2018-08-17VisitTurkey · Ankara
2018-08-31 – 2018-09-04Visit SummitChina · BeijingAgreement signedChina-Somalia agreements on Belt and Road cooperation and other fields
2018-09-03 – 2018-09-04Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2018-09-05Visit SummitEritrea · AsmaraAgreement signedJoint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Between Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea
2018-09-12Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2018-10-31VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2018-11-09 – 2018-11-11VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2018-11-20 – 2018-11-23VisitItaly · Rome
2018-11-23VisitTurkey · Ankara
2018-11-24VisitUganda · Kampala
2018-11-26 – 2018-11-28Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
Show all 76 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2019-02-09 – 2019-02-11Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-02-18 – 2019-02-19VisitBurundi · Bujumbura
2019-02-19 – 2019-02-20VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2019-02-24 – 2019-02-25Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2019-02-26 – 2019-02-27VisitQatar · Doha
2019-03-05 – 2019-03-06VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-03-06 – 2019-03-07VisitKenya · Nairobi
2019-03-12 – 2019-03-13Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2019-04-23 – 2019-04-24Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2019-05-25 – 2019-05-27VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2019-06-02 – 2019-06-03VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-08-19 – 2019-08-20VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2019-08-28 – 2019-08-31Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2019-09-23 – 2019-09-29Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2019-10-10 – 2019-10-11VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2019-10-22 – 2019-10-24VisitRussia · Moscow
2019-11-12 – 2019-11-14Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2019-11-28 – 2019-11-29Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2020-01-10 – 2020-01-11VisitEritrea · Asmara
2020-01-14 – 2020-01-15VisitOman · Muscat
2020-01-27 – 2020-01-28Visit SummitEritrea · AsmaraAgreement signedJoint Plan of Action for 2020 (Eritrea–Ethiopia–Somalia)
2020-02-08 – 2020-02-10Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2020-04-29Video conference SummitEthiopia · (virtual session)
2020-06-14VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2020-07-05Phone callKenya · Nairobi
2020-09-24Video conference SummitUnited States of America · New York
2020-10-04 – 2020-10-05VisitEritrea · Asmara
2020-12-20Visit SummitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2021-04-19Visit SummitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2021-05-11 – 2021-05-13Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2021-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2021-10-04 – 2021-10-05VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2021-11-29 – 2021-12-02VisitQatar · Doha
2021-12-16 – 2021-12-21Visit SummitTurkey · Ankara
2022-02-04 – 2022-02-07Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2022-03-05 – 2022-03-06VisitQatar · Doha

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/mohamed-abdullahi-mohamed-farmajo.html]