Mayor of Mogadishu

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Mogadishu City Hall, where the mayor's office is located.
Mayor of The City of Mogadishu
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Incumbent
Yousuf Hussein Jimaale (Madaale)
since 14 September 2022
Style Mr. Mayor
Appointer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Formation1936
DeputyIsse Gure
Website https://bra.gov.so/

The Mayor of Mogadishu is head of the executive branch of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces laws within the city. Mayor Sheik Yousuf Hussein Jim'ale was appointed on 14 September 2022 and succeeded the Mayor Omar Mohamoud Mohamed Filish.

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The mayor's office is located in Mogadishu City Hall, which was recently renovated after years of abandonment and decay during the Somali Civil War. The mayor is not elected, but is appointed by the President of Somalia. The mayor also holds the title of Governor of Benaadir, an administrative region whose territory is coextensive with the city of Mogadishu.

History of the office

The first mayor of Mogadishu was Romeo Campani, an Italian expatriate who was appointed by General Rodolfo Graziani, the Governor of Italian Somaliland. Beginning in 1956 with the appointment of Mohamed Sheekh Jamaal also known as Jamaal Jabiye, the office of mayor has been held by native Somalis. After Somalian independence from Italy in 1960, the mayor has been appointed by the President of Somalia.

List of mayors

Colonial mayors and first Somali mayor in colonial era

The following mayors of Mogadishu were appointed by the Governor of Italian Somaliland. From 1941 to 1949, resulting from World War II, the British occupied the territory and appointed the mayors, who remained Italians. Beginning in 1953, native Somalis were appointed to the office.

#ImageMayorTermGovernor
1Romeo Campani1936 – 1937 Rodolfo Graziani

Angelo de Ruben

Ruggiero Santini

2Rag Scarpa1937 – 1937Francesco Saviero Caroselli
3Dr. Sicar1937 – 1937
4Luigi Barbino1937 – 1937
5Marcelio Baudino1937 – 1938
6Sanatore Guliano1938 – 1941 Gustavo Pesenti

Carlo De Simone

7Pietro Bartelli1941 – 1950Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith

William Eric Halstead Scuphan Denis Henry Widcham Eric Armar Vully de Candole Geoffrey Massey Gamble

8Oliveri Olivierio1950 – 1950 Giovanni Fornari
9Enrico Aliviero1950 – 1953 Giovanni Fornari
10Carlo Vecco1953 – 1956
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Photo of Mohamed Sheikh Jamal aka "Jamaal Jabiye" - 1st Somali Mayor of Mogadishu, 1956 - 1958. Pre-independence of Italian Somaliland Jamal Jabiye - Sheekhaal Gendershe - 1st Somali Mayor of Mogadishu.jpg
Photo of Mohamed Sheikh Jamal aka "Jamaal Jabiye" - 1st Somali Mayor of Mogadishu, 1956 – 1958. Pre-independence of Italian Somaliland
Mohamed Sheekh Jamaal1956 – 1958
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Photo of Ali Omar Scego, First Somali Ambassador to Belgium, Mayor of Mogadishu in 1960, Minister
Ali Omar Sheegow1958 – 1960

Post-independence mayors

Since Somalia's independence on 1 July 1960, mayors of Mogadishu have been appointed by the President of Somalia:

#ImageMayorTermPartyPresident
13Ahmed Rage1960 – 1962 Somali Youth League Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
14Ahmed Muude1962 – 1963 Somali Youth League
15Shariif Imaankeey1963 – 1965 Somali Youth League
16 Cumar Istarliin 1965 – 1966 Somali Youth League
17Shariif Caydaruus1966 – 1970 Somali Youth League Abdirashid Ali Shermarke

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

18Axmed Cadde1970 – 1970 Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party Siad Barre
19Osman Jeelle1970 – 1973 [1] Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
20 Hassan Abshir Farah 1973 – 1976 Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
21Yusuf Aburas1976 – 1981 Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
22Cabdullaahi Salaad1981 – 1982 Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
23 Hassan Abshir Farah 1982 – 1987 Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
24Ali Ougas1987 – 1990 [2] [3] Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
25Said Afrah1990 – 1990 [3] Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
26Ahmed Jilacow1990 – 1991 [4] Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
27Cabdullaahi Gacal Sebriye1991 – 1994 United Somali Congress Ali Mahdi Muhammad
28Hussein Ali Ahmed1994 - 2000 United Somali Congress
29Abdullahi Muse Hussein2000 – 2004 [5] United Somali Congress
Ali Mahdi Muhammad

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan

30Ibrahim Shaweye2005 - 2007 [6] Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
31 Adde Gabow 2007 – 2007
32 Mohamed Omar Habeb 2007 – 2008
Mohamed Dhakahtur2008 – 2010 Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

33 07-09-2011 Mogadishu - Mayor and President open new market area in Mogadishu (6132219557).jpg Mohamed Nur 2010 – 2014 Justice and Communist Party Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

34 Mungabhd4.png Hassan Mohamed Hussein 2014 – 2015Independent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
35 Yusuf h j.jpg Yusuf Hussein Jimaale 2015 – 2017 Peace and Development Party
36 Thabit Abdi Mohammed 2017 – 2018 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
37 2017-04 19 Yarisow Moalimuu-3 (cropped).png Abdirahman Omar Osman 2018 – 2019 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
38 Omarfilish.jpg Omar Muhamoud Finnish 2019 – 2022 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
39 Yusuf h j.jpg Yusuf Hussein Jimaale 2022 – Incumbent Union for Peace and Development Party Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Vice mayors

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Iman Nur Ikar

The mayor of Mogadishu is assisted by a vice mayor or deputy mayor. The current vice mayor is Iman Nur Ikar.

Notable former vice mayors

Towards the end of the Somali Rebellion, President Siad Barre was sometimes mockingly referred to by many as the "Mayor of Mogadishu," based on the fact that Barre controlled little territory outside the capital. [7] By 1989, when the United Somali Congress had captured most surrounding towns and villages, this had become a common saying in Somalia, and on 29 September 1990, the British newspaper The Economist used the phrase in reference to Barre. [8]

During the early 1990s, after the overthrow of the Siad regime and during the Somali famine, Dan Eldon, a British photojournalist who covered the famine and conflict, became popular among Mogadishans that he was nicknamed the "Mayor of Mogadishu." [9] [10]

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