# Mohamud Abdi Gaab (Maxamuud Cabdi Gaab)

> Mohamud Abdi Gaab: Governor of Hiiraan, 2011 to 2014.

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## Who is he?

Mohamud Abdi Gaab was Governor of [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/) from 2011 to 2014 ([Wikipedia, Mohamud Abdi Gaab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamud_Abdi_Gaab)). He holds the title of engineer ([Hiran State News](http://hiranstate.com/news.php?readmore=902)).

## Governor and "Hiiraan State"

Hiran State's news site called him "Madaxweynaha Hiiraan State", President of Hiiraan State ([Hiran State News](http://hiranstate.com/news.php?readmore=902)). In 2012 [Hiiraan Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/) published an essay on Hiiraan's place in the new Somali constitution, discussing the region's administration in that period ([Hiiraan Online, May 2012](http://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2012/may/24000/hiiraan_and_the_somali_constitution_the_prototype_of_somalia_s_dystopic_future.aspx)). See [HirShabelle](/en/states/hirshabelle/), the member state Hiiraan joined in 2016.

## Visit to Nairobi

On 1 January 2012 he arrived in Nairobi with a delegation from Uganda ([Hiran State News](http://hiranstate.com/news.php?readmore=902)). There he met intellectuals, scholars and religious leaders from Hiiraan (same source). See [Somalis in Kenya](/en/diaspora/kenya/).

## In short

Governor of Hiiraan from 2011 to 2014, styled by local media as President of Hiiraan State.

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