Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of the Somali National University include:
- Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid – Prime Minister of Somalia.
- Abdirahman Mohamud Farole – President of Puntland.
- Abdiweli Mohamed Ali – former Prime Minister of Somalia.
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed – former President of Somalia, President of Puntland and leader in the Somali Salvation Democratic Front, and one of the founders of the Puntland State of Somalia and the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
- Abdulqawi Yusuf – international lawyer and judge with the International Court of Justice.
- Ali Said Faqi – scientist and leading researcher in toxicology.
- Asha Haji Elmi – peace activist and MP.
- Asha Jama – Somali-Canadian activist.
- Hassan Abshir Farah – former Prime Minister of Somalia.
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – President of Somalia.
- Jama Musse Jama – ethnomathematician and author.
- mohamed Hashi Dhamac Gaariye - A prominent Somali poem, the greatest contributor to the Somali languages.
- Mohamed Osman Jawari – Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
- Nur Hassan Hussein – former Prime Minister of Somalia.
- Warsame Ali – scientist and co-founder of the Somali Development Foundation.
- Yusuf Garaad Omar – former journalist and head of BBC Somali Service.
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