02/12/2019
Notable Hawiye figures
Politicians
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia, 2000–2004
Abdullahi Issa, Prime Minister of Somalia, 1954–1960
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, President of Somalia, 1960–67
Ali Mahdi Muhammad, President of Somalia, 1991–1995
Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Prime Minister of Somalia, 2004–2007
Haji Farah Ali Omar, minister for Economic Affairs of Somalia,1956–1960
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Former President of Somalia
Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President of Somalia 1995-1996
Nur Hassan Hussein, Prime Minister of Somalia, 2007–2009
Sharif Ahmed, President of Somalia, 2009-2012
Mohamed Birik, Kenya's NEP Somali Regional commissioner, Current [17]
Abdirahman Janaqow, Somali leader, deputy chairman of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia (ICU), Minister of Justice
Abdullahi Ahmed Addow, former Somalia Ambassador to the United States (1970–80)
Abdi Mude Ibrahim, Current Lafey Constituency Kenyan Member of National Assembly/Parliament, 2017-2022 [18]
Abukar Umar Adani, Islamist, businessman who used to control the El-ma`an beach area which served as Mogadishu's port since the closure in 1995 of the city's main port
Bashir Raghe Shiiraar, secular faction leader; member of the US-backed Alliance for Peace and the Fight Against International Terrorism
Shaaban Ali Issack , Former Kenyan Member of National Assembly/Parliament, Assistant Minister for Urban Development 1995-2007 [19]
Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab, Mayor of Mogadishu
Mohamed Abdi Hassan, entrepreneur and faction leader
Mohamed Afrah Qanyare, politician who was based to the south of Mogadishu and member of TFG parliament
Mohamed Nur, former Mayor of Mogadishu
Mohamed Moallim Hassan, politician who served as minister of fishery and marine resources of Somalia, 2010- 2011
Mohamed Hussein Ali, Former Kenyan Member of National Assembly/Parliament, 2007-2013
Omar Maalim, Current Mandera Town Constituency Kenyan Member of National Assembly/Parliament, 2017-2022 [20]
