Before entering Somalia’s Federal Parliament in 2022, Hon. Mohamed Abdulkadir Mohamed, known as Garyaqaan, built a record of public service spanning student governance, education access, and judicial work.
Born in Mogadishu in 1987 and raised in Beledweyne after his family relocated during the civil war, he completed his Quranic, primary, middle, and secondary education in Hiiraan region and earned a law degree from Hiiraan University.
In 2012 he was elected Chairman of the Hiiraan Regional Students’ Union, a position he held for two years. During that time he helped establish a free community school in Beledweyne that still serves underprivileged children, and founded an academic competition among the city’s secondary schools that continues every year.
After graduating in 2015, he joined the Military Court in Mogadishu as a deputy prosecutor, where he was entrusted with court files from regions outside the capital. In 2022 he entered the Federal Parliament representing Hiiraan, and in 2025 he became a founding member of the Cadaalada iyo Wada Jirka political association.
He continues to represent Hiiraan in the Federal Parliament of Somalia.