# Ahmed Isse Awad (Axmed Ciise Cawad)

> Ahmed Isse Awad (born 1955): ambassador to the United States from 2015 and Foreign Minister to 2020.

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## Who is he?

Ahmed Isse Awad is a Somali diplomat and politician ([Wikipedia, Ahmed Isse Awad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Isse_Awad)). He was born in Garowe, [Nugaal](/en/regions/nugaal/), in 1955 (same source). Wikipedia places his family in the Isse Mohamoud (Majeerteen) (same source). After the civil war he settled in Canada and became a Canadian citizen (same source).

## Study

He studied at Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Khartoum and the [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/) University of Science and Technology ([AllGov, 11 March 2016](http://www.allgov.com/news?news=858451)). He holds a master's degree in managing peace and security in Africa from the Institute for Peace and Security Studies ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Isse_Awad)).

## Chief of staff and UN work

From 2001 to 2004 he was chief of staff to Prime Minister [Hassan Abshir Farah](/en/people/hassan-abshir-farah/) ([AllGov](http://www.allgov.com/news?news=858451)). He took part in the 2003 to 2004 Somali peace talks in Kenya (same source). He then worked for UN peacekeeping missions in Sudan and South Sudan for almost ten years, including in Abyei, Kadugli and Darfur (same source).

## Ambassador to the United States

He helped set up Somalia's embassy in Washington in 2015 ([AllGov](http://www.allgov.com/news?news=858451)). He presented his credentials to President Barack Obama on 17 September 2015 (same source). See Somali ambassadors to the United States.

## Foreign Minister

As Foreign Minister he told Reuters in April 2018 that DP World should rethink its port deals in Somalia, and hoped to normalise relations with the UAE ([Reuters, 20 April 2018](https://www.reuters.com/article/somalia-emirates-idAFL8N1RX5KA/)). He was replaced as Foreign Minister in November 2020 ([VOA Somali, 19 November 2020](https://www.voasomali.com/a/5669110.html)). See [Foreign ministers of Somalia](/en/institutions/foreign-ministers-of-somalia/).

## In short

Peace-talks official, UN peacekeeper, ambassador to Washington from 2015 and later Foreign Minister.

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