Foreign relations of Somalia are handled primarily by the President as the head of state,the Prime Minister as the head of government,and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government.
Amherst is a town in Erie County,New York,United States. It is a suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020,the town had a total population of 129,595. This represents an increase from 122,366 as reported in the 2010 census. It is the 14th most populated municipality in New York.
The Bureau of African Affairs (AF) is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Molly Phee is the current Assistant Secretary.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar who served as the United States ambassador to China from 2022 to 2025.
Donald Yukio Yamamoto is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from 2018 to 2021. Before that he was the acting assistant secretary of state for african affairs with a term of appointment starting September 3,2017 until July 23,2018. Yamamoto previously served as the senior vice president of International Programs and Outreach at the National Defense University from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that,he was senior advisor to the Director General of the Foreign Service on personnel reform from 2015 to 2016;he served as Chargéd'Affaires at the U.S. Mission Somalia office in Mogadishu in 2016;and in senior positions in Kabul,Mazar e-Sharif,and Bagram,Afghanistan from 2014 to 2015.
Robert Bigger Oakley was an American diplomat whose 34-year career (1957–1991) as a Foreign Service Officer included appointments as United States Ambassador to Zaire,Somalia,and Pakistan and,in the early 1990s,as a special envoy during the American involvement in Somalia.
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017,Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee,Rex Tillerson,was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee,John J. Sullivan.
Michael Edward Ranneberger is a former United States Ambassador to Kenya.
Stephen D. Mull is a Senior Foreign Service officer who was most recently the Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He previously served as United States Ambassador to Poland,Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States Ambassador to Lithuania.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed,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.
Michael A. Hammer is an American diplomat who served as the United States Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa 2022 to 2024. A career member of the United States Foreign Service,Hammer previously served as the United States ambassador to Chile from 2014 to 2016 and the United States ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2018 to 2022. Hammer appointed Chargéd'affaires ad interim to Cuba on November 14,2024.
Pakistan–Somalia relations are the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Somalia. Both Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members,the two countries have historically maintained strong relations. Somalia also has an embassy in Islamabad.
Sir Nicholas Peter Kay is a British diplomat. He has served as the British ambassador to Afghanistan,Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 2013 to 2016 he was the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia.
James Keough Bishop Jr. is an American Foreign Service Officer,who served as U.S. Ambassador to Niger (1979–81),Liberia (1987-90),and Somalia (1990–91).
David Dale Reimer is an American diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He had served as the United States ambassador to Sierra Leone from 2021 to 2023. He previously served concurrently as the United States ambassador to Mauritius and United States ambassador to Seychelles from 2018 to 2021. He has also served as Chargéd'affaires ad interim to Burundi and Chargéd'Affaires ad interim to Mauritania.
Larry Edward AndréJr. is a retired American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from February 2022 to May 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Djibouti from 2018 to 2021,and as the United States ambassador to Mauritania from 2014 to 2017.
Daniel Lewis Foote is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who was the United States Special Envoy for Haiti from July to September 2021. He formerly served as the United States Ambassador to Zambia.
Somaliland and the United States do not have official diplomatic relations. While Somaliland operates a representative liaison office in Washington,D.C.,it does not have formal diplomatic status under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Both countries do maintain contact as delegations from both sides have met in the past.
