Hassan Haji Mohamoud, also known as Hassan Gadhweyneh, as of 2003, is the Minister of Education of Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

. He was appointed the post in July 2003 by the current President of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Riyale Kahin

Dahir Rayale Kahin was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia. He became the third president of Somaliland on May 3, 2002, after the death of Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal...

. He has previously served as the Governor of Saaxil

Saaxil

Saaxil is a region in Somaliland, a de facto independent republic which is recognized as a part of Somalia. Its capital is Berbera...

 between 1997 and 2003, and as the Mayor of Berbera

Berbera

Berbera is a city and seat of Berbera District in Somaliland, a self-proclaimed Independent Republic with de facto control over its own territory, which is recognized by the international community and the Somali Government as a part of Somalia...

 from 1997 until 2003. Earlier, he served as the Vice-Mayor of Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

 from 1982 until 1991, and was a member of the Somali Parliament between 1981 and 1988.

Background

Hassan Haji Mohamoud was born in the Somaliland region's capital of Hargeisa

Hargeisa

Hargeisa is a city in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somalia. With a population of approximately 2 million residents, it is the second largest city in the country. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region...

. He grew up in the city of Shiikh in the Saaxil

Saaxil

Saaxil is a region in Somaliland, a de facto independent republic which is recognized as a part of Somalia. Its capital is Berbera...

 region, and also spent some time in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

, Burco

Burco

Burao is the capital city of the Togdheer province in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia. In terms of population, it is the second largest city in Somaliland after Hargeisa.-History:...

 and Berbera

Berbera

Berbera is a city and seat of Berbera District in Somaliland, a self-proclaimed Independent Republic with de facto control over its own territory, which is recognized by the international community and the Somali Government as a part of Somalia...

.

Hassan hails from the Habar Awal sub-clan of the Somali

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

 Isaaq

Isaaq

The Isaaq is one of the main Somali clans. Members of the clan principally live in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia, and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The populations of five major cities of Somaliland – Hargeisa, Burco, Berbera, Ceerigaabo and Gabiley – are predominantly Isaaq...

clan.