Mohamed Abdi Mohamed - Biography

Biography

Professor Mohamed Abdi Xaji-Mohamed, Nicknamed "Gandhi" is from Somalia. From childhood, young Mohamed was great student and managed to memorize the Koran at an early age and he excelled in his elementary schooling as well. He was accepted the most prestigious high school at the time Jamal Abdelnazer high school in the Somali Capital of Mogadishu where he graduated as honor student in the class of 1970. He was one of the top students in his high school and the entire country for that year and was awarded a full a scholarship to go to France for higher education. The professor arrived France in October 1972 to attend the Besançon University. There he majored in Geology and graduated with a B.A. in September 1976. Then he continued on to acquire his Master of Science in Geology in 1979 and obtain his Ph. D on June 1983, while he was acquiring His Ph. D, he did research on Gas and Hydrogen in Somalia and created a Thesis Title that was called the "Study of Geological Hydrogen and Gas in Central Somalia (Somali Democratic Republic)”. After graduation, Gandhi started lecturing at the same University.

The Professor’s love for higher education did not stop there, but he continued to pursue another major (history and civilization of antique) and received his second Ph. D in 1990. Through that decade the professor did continued lecturing the university of Besançon, France. Prof Gandhi also received his Certificate in Anthropology of Space, around the month of March 1992, at University of New Lisbon, under the Erasmus exchange. In addition to that he received a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) from Besançon University in Besançon, France. In 1998, Where he can lead and supervise Ph.D research. Prof Gandhi was awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma from the French Academy. He also served as a senior program advisor of UNDP Somalia in Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). An active participant in the Somali peace process, Gandhi was a Lead Consultant in Mapping the Somali Civil Society. He also chaired the Technical Committee at the Arta Somali Peace process that took place in Arta, Djibouti, as well as being a member of the Somali Civil Society at the Somali Peace and Reconciliation Conference that was held in Kenya. Mohamed Cabdi Mohamed (Gandhi) is an accomplished author; he has published 12 books in addition to more than 50 scientific articles in various academic journals. He has also edited three studies. Professor Mohamed Abdi Mohamed recently elected the President of Azania States in 2011. Professor Gandhi previously served as a Defense Secretary and, Minister of Air and Transportation in the Somali Transitional Federal Government. Professor is still serving Member of Parliament of TFG.