Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (born 11 March 1962), also known as Farmajo, is a Somali politician and diplomat who has served as the 9th and current President of Somalia since 16 February 2017. At the time of his election he had dual Somali and U.S. citizenship, but he renounced his U.S. citizenship during his term in office with no explanation as to why. He was previously a Prime Minister of Somalia from November 2010 until June 2011 and is the founder and Chairman of the Tayo Political Party. He became the President of Somalia after winning in the 2017 Somali presidential election with 195 votes out of a total of 330 by members of the Somali Parliament after defeating former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
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1962 (age 63) Mogadishu
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