# Marwa Abdi Bashir Hagi (Marwo Cabdi Bashiir Xaaji)

> Marwa Abdi Bashir Hagi: Puntland MP in Somalia's House of the People since 2022 and candidate for president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 2023.

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## Who is she?

Marwa Abdi Bashir Hagi is a Somali politician from [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/) and a member of the House of the People, the lower house of Somalia's Federal Parliament, since 2022 ([Hiiraan Online, "Puntland President supports Somali lawmaker's bid for IPU presidency", 27 October 2023](http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/oct/193536/puntland_president_supports_somali_lawmaker_s_bid_for_ipu_presidency.aspx)). She has served as deputy chair of the House's resources committee, and [Hiiraan Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/) reported she had more than 15 years of experience working with government agencies (same source).

For the full list of House members named in 2022, see [Members of the House of the People, 2022](/en/institutions/members-of-parliament-2022/).

## Education

She studied business administration at Algonquin College in [Ottawa](/en/diaspora/ottawa/), Canada, and has training in information and communication technology ([Wikipedia, Marwa Abdi Bashir Hagi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwa_Abdi_Bashir_Hagi), citing the [news agencies' union of the OIC, 15 September 2023](https://una-oic.org/reports/2023/09/15/%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b4%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%88%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8/)). She speaks Somali, English and Arabic (same source).

## The 2023 race for IPU president

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the world body of national parliaments, elected its 31st president in Luanda, Angola, in October 2023 ([IPU, "IPU to elect new President in October 2023"](https://www.ipu.org/news/news-in-brief/2023-08/ipu-elect-new-president-in-october-2023)). Four women from Africa stood: Adji Diarra Mergane Kanouté of Senegal, Catherine Gotani Hara of Malawi, Tulia Ackson of [Tanzania](/en/diaspora/tanzania/) and Marwa Abdi Bashir Hagi of Somalia ([Hiiraan Online, 27 October 2023](http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/oct/193536/puntland_president_supports_somali_lawmaker_s_bid_for_ipu_presidency.aspx)).

Puntland's president [Said Abdullahi Deni](/en/people/said-abdullahi-deni/) backed her bid. There were reports that the Somali government had withdrawn its support for the candidacy, but she confirmed she was still running (same source). Hiiraan Online called it the first time a Somali MP had stood for the post (same source). Tulia Ackson won ([Daily News, Tanzania, "History as IPU picks Tulia", 28 October 2023](https://dailynews.co.tz/history-as-ipu-picks-tulia/)). The IPU president serves three years and must remain a sitting MP throughout ([Hiiraan Online](http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/oct/193536/puntland_president_supports_somali_lawmaker_s_bid_for_ipu_presidency.aspx)).

## In short

A Puntland MP since 2022, educated in Ottawa, who was Somalia's first candidate for president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

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