WHO IS SOMALIA’S NEW PRESIDENT FARMAJO?

The new leader is nicknamed Cheese after his father's love for the dairy product.

Somalia has a new president: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who is better known by his nickname, meaning “Cheese.”

Lawmakers elected Mohamed, 54, to be the country’s new leader in a unique election held within the confines of Mogadishu’s international airport.

Known as Farmajo, a play on the Italian word formaggio for cheese, he reportedly owes the moniker to a penchant his father acquired for cheese while Somalia was under Italian colonial rule.