# Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge Liibaan (Cabdikariin Axmed Mooge Liibaan)

> Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge: Mayor of Hargeisa 2021 to 2026, former deputy minister and co-founder of the youth agency HAVAYOCO.

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## Who is he?

Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge Liibaan is a [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) politician ([Wikipedia, Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdikarim_Ahmed_Mooge)). He was Mayor of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, from 17 June 2021 ([Somaliland Current, 17 June 2021](https://www.somalilandcurrent.com/2021/06/17/somaliland-abdikarim-ahmed-mooge-sworn-in-as-the-new-mayor-of-hargeisa/)). Wikipedia gives 30 May 2026 as the end of his term ([Wikipedia, Mayor of Hargeisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Hargeisa)).

## Early life

He was born in 1974 in Sin-ujiif, a village near Garowe ([Sayruuq News, 17 June 2021](https://www.sayruuq.com/maxaad-ka-taqaan-taariikhda-cabdikariin-mooge/)). He is the son of the singer Ahmed Mooge Liibaan and nephew of the singer [Mohamed Mooge Liibaan](/en/people/mohamed-mooge-liibaan/) ([Garowe Online](https://www.garoweonline.com/en/featured/history-made-in-somaliland-as-minority-candidate-son-of-former-singer-scoop-more-votes)). He grew up and went to school in Hargeisa (Sayruuq, same source). When fighting reached Hargeisa in the late 1980s he fled to Kaam-Abokor refugee camp in Ethiopia (same source).

## Youth work and the UN

After returning he and other young people founded HAVAYOCO, an agency for vulnerable people and youth ([Sayruuq](https://www.sayruuq.com/maxaad-ka-taqaan-taariikhda-cabdikariin-mooge/)). He later worked for UN agencies and international organisations, some of the time abroad (same source).

## Deputy minister

Under President Silanyo he was Deputy Minister of National Planning and then Deputy Minister of Fisheries ([Sayruuq](https://www.sayruuq.com/maxaad-ka-taqaan-taariikhda-cabdikariin-mooge/)). In August 2015 he resigned; [BBC Somali](/en/society/media-in-somalia/) reported he said he was resigning to "fight clannism" ([BBC Somali, 11 August 2015](https://www.bbc.com/somali/war/2015/08/150811_somaliland)).

## Mayor of Hargeisa

He stood for the Waddani party in the 2021 local elections ([BBC Somali](https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-57438122)). He won the most votes of any candidate in Hargeisa (same source; [BBC Somali, five facts](https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-57487916)). [Garowe Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/) described him as a candidate from a minority community and called the result historic ([Garowe Online](https://www.garoweonline.com/en/featured/history-made-in-somaliland-as-minority-candidate-son-of-former-singer-scoop-more-votes)). The council elected him mayor on 17 June 2021 ([VOA Somali, 17 June 2021](https://www.voasomali.com/a/5932400.html)). He followed Abdurrahman Mahmoud Aidiid ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdikarim_Ahmed_Mooge)).

## In short

Refugee, youth organiser and deputy minister who became Mayor of Hargeisa in 2021. See [Mayors of Hargeisa](/en/institutions/mayors-of-hargeisa/).

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