List of ambassadors of Somalia to the United States
| Ambassador of Somalia to United States | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Omar Mohallim Mohamed |
| Formation | July 13, 1962 |
The Somali Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government of in Mogadishu to the Government of the United States and Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations.
List of representatives
[edit]| Diplomatic agreement | Designated/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Prime Minister of Somalia | President of the United States | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13, 1962 | July 13, 1962 | Omar Mohallim Mohamed | Omar Mahalim Mohamed was one of the educated intellectuals who became a victim of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | John F. Kennedy | |
| July 26, 1965 | July 27, 1965 | Ahmed Mohamed Adan | 1964 he was ambassador in Moscow. 1979 he was ambassador in London. From Sept 1990—Jan 1991 Ahmed Mohamed Adan “Qeybe” minister for Health, Labour and Veterinary, The new permanent secretary, Ahmed Mohamed Adan, Qeybe, was born and brought up in Aden, where he served as a clerk in the British administration. Even though he went on to become Somalia's ambassador in leading cities of the world | Abdirizak Haji Hussein | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| February 20, 1968 | March 5, 1968 | Yusuf Omar Azhari | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
| May 12, 1970 | June 11, 1970 | Abdullahi Ahmed Addow | Abdullahi Ahmed Addou | Siad Barre | Richard Nixon | |
| August 7, 1980 | August 29, 1980 | Mohamed Warsame Ali | Siad Barre | Jimmy Carter | ||
| January 23, 1981 | Abdullahi Ali Nur | Chargé d'affaires | Siad Barre | Ronald Reagan | ||
| March 27, 1981 | June 4, 1981 | Mohamoud Haji Nur | Siad Barre | Ronald Reagan | ||
| January 1, 1985 | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | Between 1985 and 1988, he also acted as First Secretary in the Somali embassy in Washington | Siad Barre | Ronald Reagan | ||
| August 1, 1986 | September 15, 1986 | Abdullahi Ahmed Addow | Abdullahi Ahmed Addou | Siad Barre | Ronald Reagan | |
| November 16, 1989 | December 18, 1989 | Abdikarim Ali Omar | Mohammad Ali Samatar | George H. W. Bush | ||
| October 4, 1993 | Somali Civil War began. U.S. embassy shut down. The US pulled its diplomats out of Mogadishu after the "Black Hawk Down" incident in 1993 that left 18 Americans dead. | Umar Arteh Ghalib | George H. W. Bush | |||
| July 11, 2014 | July 14, 2014 | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke | [1] | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed | Barack Obama | |
| April 2, 2015 | Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya | [2] | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke | Barack Obama | ||
| August 12, 2015 | September 17, 2015 | Ahmed Isse Awad | [3] | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke | Barack Obama | March 1, 2017 |
38°54′18″N 77°02′20″W / 38.904935°N 77.038892°W [4] United States–Somalia relations
References
[edit]- ^ Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
- ^ Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya
- ^ Ahmed Isse Awad
- ^ Chief of Protocol, Diplomatic Representation for Somalia, [1]