Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud

BA in Social Studies, 2017 and MA in International Development, 2018

I really miss Warwick. I feel nostalgia for the beautiful days at Warwick. I remember every corner of the University Campus, the memories that I had is there. After spending five years at Warwick, I obtained BA (Hon) and MA Degrees. I call them the good old Warwick years.

Mohamed is a Somali diplomat, politician and academic currently serving as the Chief Representative of the Republic of Somaliland Representative Office in Taiwan. Mohamed combines considerable distinctive feats of being a professional person with extensive experience in the various fields of diplomacy, academia, policymaking programmes, and strategic governance systems.

Before foreign diplomatic posting, Mohamed has been a Senior Political Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Somaliland. He also formerly served the Ministry of Finance Development as a Senior Policy Adviser on strategic planning and macroeconomic policy reform. During the first year of President Silanyo, Mohamed served as Maritime Security Consultant to Somaliland Coast Guard - the position was not political but technical. Prior to his public career, Mohamed also worked with the Local and International Non-Governmental Organisations in Somaliland and abroad as an Executive Director, Programme Manager and Senior Policy Adviser. Mohamed officially joined the Non-Governmental Humanitarian and Development Organisations operating in Somaliland and Somalia for 11 years. Mohamed is currently writing up his PhD Thesis on Turkey's Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa at Manchester Metropolitan University.