| Gamal Mohamed Hassan | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development |
| President: | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed |
| Primeminister: | Mohamed Hussein Roble |
| Term Start: | 29 March 2017 |
| Term End: | Present |
| Birth Place: | Dhahar, Sanaag, Somalia |
| Occupation: | Politician, academic |
| Children: | Three |
| Minister | |
| Alma Mater: | Carleton University Ottawa, Canada |
| Party: | Tayo Nabad iyo Nolol |
Gamal Mohamed Hassan (Somali: Gamaal Maxamed Xasan, Arabic: جمال محمد حسن; born June 1978). Gamal is a Somali-Canadian politician who was the former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia and former Ambassador.
He was previously a senior intelligence official at the U.S diplomatic mission in Nairobi, Kenya. On 2 April 2015, Hassan was appointed as the new Ambassador of Somalia to Kenya.[1]
Despite having his academic costs funded by the Canadian government through OSAP, Gamal never had worked for the Canadian government.
Ayan, the ex-wife of ex-minister Gamal Hassan, and their three children reside in Ottawa, Canada. Also, despite earning $100,000 a year from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Somalia, Gamal’s three children live on welfare in Canada.