# Hassan Mohamed Hussein Mungab (Xasan Maxamed Xuseen Mungaab) > Hassan Mungab: Mayor of Mogadishu 2014 to 2015 and since May 2025; former military court chair and State Minister of Justice. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/people/hassan-mungab/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## Who is he? Hassan Mohamed Hussein, known as Mungab (Muungaab), is a Somali politician and lawyer ([Wikipedia, Hassan Mungab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Mungab)). He has twice been Mayor of [Mogadishu](/en/regions/mogadishu/) and Governor of [Banadir](/en/states/banadir/) (same source). His second term began on 28 May 2025 ([SONNA](https://sonna.so/en/president-hassan-sheikh-mohamud-appoints-dr-hassan-mohamed-hussein-muungaab-as-new-banadir-governor-and-mogadishu-mayor/)). ## Early life and study Wikipedia gives his birth as 31 March 1972 in Middle [Shabelle](/en/economy/farming-and-harvests/), and his family as Abgaal (Hawiye) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Mungab)). His family moved to Mogadishu in the late 1980s (same source). He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Sharia and law from the [International University of Africa](/en/relations/sudan/) in [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/) ([Qaranimo, 22 October 2012](http://www.qaranimo.com/2012/10/22/top-news-sida-loo-kala-leeyahay-xubnaha-wasiirada/)). He chaired the [Somali Armed Forces](/en/institutions/somali-national-army/)' military court before becoming mayor ([Garowe Online, 27 February 2014](http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-President-Hassan-names-new-Mogadishu-mayor_printer.shtml)). ## First term, 2014 to 2015 President [Hassan Sheikh Mohamud](/en/people/hassan-sheikh-mohamud/) named him by decree on 27 February 2014, after talks with the prime minister and the interior minister ([Garowe Online](http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-President-Hassan-names-new-Mogadishu-mayor_printer.shtml)). He replaced Mohamud Ahmed Nur "Tarzan" (same source). In March 2014 he met Banadir's 17 district commissioners on safety and cleanliness ([Shabelle Media, 9 March 2014](http://shabelle.net/?p=15918)). In April he said barricaded roads around agency and embassy compounds would reopen ([Shabelle via AllAfrica, 25 April 2014](http://allafrica.com/stories/201404260490.html)). In July 2014 he said a city election would choose his successor in 2016 ([Raxanreeb, 20 July 2014](http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/07/somalia-mogadishu-mayor-declares-elected-official-will-replace-him-on-2016/)). On 27 July 2014 a landmine hit his convoy near the Lafweyn hotel in Huriwa district; he was unhurt, and a pedestrian was killed ([Raxanreeb, 27 July 2014](http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/07/somalia-mogadishu-mayor-survives-landmine-explosion/)). In August 2014 his office set fines for agencies storing expired food and medicine ([Raxanreeb, 13 August 2014](http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/08/somalia-expired-food-and-drugs-imported-by-wfp-seized-in-mogadishu/)). ## Roads and services In December 2014 he opened a USAID-funded police station in Shibis district ([Goobjoog, 30 December 2014](http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=7876)). In February 2015 he opened two paved roads in [Bakara](/en/economy/bakaara-market/) Market funded by the Somali Chamber of Commerce ([Goobjoog, 2 February 2015](http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=9689)). Another road there, funded by the city and traders, opened in March 2015 ([Somali Current, 14 March 2015](http://www.somalicurrent.com/2015/03/14/mogadishu-mayor-promised-more-development/)). His administration ran a cleanliness contest among the 16 districts, won by Hamarjajab ([Wargeyska, 29 January 2015](http://www.wargeyska.so/hamarjajab-district-won-benadir-sanitation-campaign-contest/)). ## Between terms In October 2015 the president replaced him with Yusuf Hussein Jimaale ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Mungab)). He served as State Minister of Justice from August 2016 to 8 February 2017 (same source). ## Second term, since 2025 On 28 May 2025 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud again named him Mayor and Governor ([SONNA](https://sonna.so/en/president-hassan-sheikh-mohamud-appoints-dr-hassan-mohamed-hussein-muungaab-as-new-banadir-governor-and-mogadishu-mayor/), [Goobjoog](https://en.goobjoog.com/muungaab-returns-as-banadir-governor-mogadishu-mayor/)). [Hiiraan Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/) reported the appointment came amid political tensions ([Hiiraan Online, May 2025](https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/May/201668/president_mohamud_appoints_hassan_muungaab_as_mogadishu_mayor_amid_political_tensions.aspx)). ## In short Mayor of Mogadishu twice, in 2014 to 2015 and since May 2025. See [Mayors of Mogadishu](/en/institutions/mayors-of-mogadishu/). --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.