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.

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. #ImageMayorTermGovernor1Romeo Campani1936 – 1937Rodolfo Graziani Angelo de Ruben

Ruggiero Santini2Rag Scarpa1937 – 1937Francesco Saviero Caroselli3Dr. Sicar1937 – 19374Luigi Barbino1937 – 19375Marcelio Baudino1937 – 19386Sanatore Guliano1938 – 1941Gustavo Pesenti Carlo De Simone7Pietro Bartelli1941 – 1950Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith William Eric Halstead Scuphan Denis Henry Widcham Eric Armar Vully de Candole Geoffrey Massey Gamble8Oliveri Olivierio1950 – 1950Giovanni Fornari9Enrico Aliviero1950 – 1953Giovanni Fornari10Carlo Vecco1953 – 195611 Mohamed Sheekh Jamaal (Jamaal Jabiye)1956 – 195812Ali 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: #ImageMayorTermPartyPresident13Ahmed Rage1960 – 1962Somali Youth LeagueAden Abdullah Osman Daar14Ahmed Muude1962 – 1963Somali Youth League15Shariif Imaankeey1963 – 1965Somali Youth League16Cumar Istarliin1965 – 1966Somali Youth League17Shariif Caydaruus1966 – 1970Somali Youth LeagueAbdirashid Ali Shermarke Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein18Ahmed Mohamud Adde (Qorweyne)1970 – 1970Somali Revolutionary Socialist PartySiad Barre19Osman Jeelle1970 – 1973Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party20Hassan Abshir Farah1973 – 1976Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party21Yusuf Aburas1976 – 1981Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party22Cabdullaahi Salaad1981 – 1982Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party23Hassan Abshir Farah1982 – 1987Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party24Ali Haji muse1987 – 1990Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party25Syedomar Afrah1990 – 1990Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party26Ahmed Jilacow1990 – 1991Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party27Cabdullaahi Gacal Sebriye1991 – 1994United Somali CongressAli Mahdi Muhammad28Hussein Ali Ahmed1994 - 2000United Somali Congress29Abdullahi Muse Hussein2000 – 2004United Somali CongressAli Mahdi Muhammad Abdiqasim Salad Hassan30Ibrahim Shaweye2005 - 2007 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed31Adde Gabow2007 – 200732Mohamed Omar Habeb2007 – 2008–Mohamed Dhakahtur2008 – 2010 Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe Sharif Sheikh Ahmed33Mohamed Nur2010 – 2014Justice and Communist PartySharif Sheikh Ahmed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud34Hassan Mohamed Hussein2014 – 2015IndependentHassan Sheikh Mohamud35Yusuf Hussein Jimaale2015 – 2017Peace and Development Party36Thabit Abdi Mohammed2017 – 2018Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed37Abdirahman Omar Osman2018 – 2019Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed38Omar Muhamoud Finnish2019 – 2022 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed39Yusuf Hussein Jimaale2022 – 2024Union for Peace and Development PartyHassan Sheikh Mohamud39Mohamed Ahmed Amiir2024 – 2025Hassan Sheikh Mohamud40Hassan Mohamed Hussein2025 - presentUnion for Peace and Development PartyHassan Sheikh Mohamud

Vice mayors

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 Hassan Haji Mohamoud (1982–1991)

In popular culture 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. 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.

During the early 1990s, after the collapsed central government of the Siad regime and during the Somali famine, Dan Eldon, a British photojournalist who covered the famine and civil war, became popular among Mogadishans and was nicknamed the "Mayor of Mogadishu."

See also

Politics of Somalia

References