List of ambassadors of Somalia to the United States

The Somali Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government of in Mogadishu to the Government of the United States and Permanent Representative next the Headquarters of the United Nations.

Ambassador of Somalia to United States
Incumbent
Ahmed Isse Awad
since September 17, 2015
Inaugural holderOmar Mohallim Mohamed
FormationJuly 13, 1962

List of representatives
Diplomatic agreement Designated/Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations Prime Minister of Somalia President of the United States Term end
June 13, 1962 July 13, 1962 Omar Mohallim Mohamed Omar Mahalim Mohamed was one of the educated intellectuals who became a victim of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke John F. Kennedy
July 26, 1965 July 27, 1965 Ahmed Mohamed Adan 1964 he was ambassador in Moscow. 1979 he was ambassador in London. From Sept 1990—Jan 1991 Ahmed Mohamed Adan “Qeybe” minister for Health, Labour and Veterinary, The new permanent secretary, Ahmed Mohamed Adan, Qeybe, was born and brought up in Aden, where he served as a clerk in the British administration. Even though he went on to become Somalia's ambassador in leading cities of the world Abdirizak Haji Hussein Lyndon B. Johnson
February 20, 1968 March 5, 1968 Yusuf Omar Azhari Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal Lyndon B. Johnson
May 12, 1970 June 11, 1970 Abdullahi Ahmed Addow Abdullahi Ahmed Addou Siad Barre Richard Nixon
August 7, 1980 August 29, 1980 Mohamed Warsame Ali Siad Barre Jimmy Carter
January 23, 1981 Abdullahi Ali Nur Chargé d'affaires Siad Barre Ronald Reagan
March 27, 1981 June 4, 1981 Mohamoud Haji Nur Siad Barre Ronald Reagan
January 1, 1985 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Between 1985 and 1988, he also acted as First Secretary in the Somali embassy in Washington Siad Barre Ronald Reagan
August 1, 1986 September 15, 1986 Abdullahi Ahmed Addow Abdullahi Ahmed Addou Siad Barre Ronald Reagan
November 16, 1989 December 18, 1989 Abdikarim Ali Omar Mohammad Ali Samatar George H. W. Bush
October 4, 1993 Somali Civil War began. U.S. embassy shut down. The US pulled its diplomats out of Mogadishu after the "Black Hawk Down" incident in 1993 that left 18 Americans dead. Umar Arteh Ghalib George H. W. Bush
July 11, 2014 July 14, 2014 Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke [1] Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Barack Obama
April 2, 2015 Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya [2] Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Barack Obama
August 12, 2015 September 17, 2015 Ahmed Isse Awad [3] Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Barack Obama

38.904935°N 77.038892°W / 38.904935; -77.038892 [4] United States–Somalia relations

References
  1. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
  2. Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya
  3. Ahmed Isse Awad
  4. Chief of Protocol, Diplomatic Representation for Somalia,
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