section_path: President of Somalia/Second Administration
section_name: Second Administration
paragraph_text: Second Administration
  
  On 16 May 2022, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud regained presidential power after winning the election against the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo. The elected president vowed to restore stability in Somalia. Following his second term election for the presidency of Somalia, the University for Peace revealed that Hassan is a Ph.D. candidate at the university. In October 2022, the presidency announced that Hassan defended his doctoral dissertation in Peace, Governance and Development, the first sitting Somali president to do so.
  
  On 15 June 2022, Hassan appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as Prime Minister of Somalia.