The Vice president of HUST

Prof Halima Ismail Ibrahim was born and raised in Mogadishu where she completed a Bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences. She later went on to do her Master’s in agricultural economics and rural development at the University of Turin. Prior to the conflict in Somalia, she was an agricultural sciences lecturer at Somalia’s National University. Prof Halima is an agronomist, or crop scientist, studies plants and how they can be grown, modified, and used to benefit society. Prof Halima carried out experiments that create new techniques for agriculture production. Following the collapse of Somalia’s federal government, she became involved with civil society organizations and later joined UNOSOM (United Nations Operations in Somalia) where she worked as a political affairs officer until the mission’s 1996 closure. Prof Halima became the chair of Somalia’s Civil Society Coalition which advocated for the establishment of a Permanent Government in Somalia which replaced the Transitional National Government and chair of Somali electoral commission

• BSC
• MSC