Dr Muhammed Mudawi
Resident Representative a.i.
United Nations Development Programme – Syria
Dr. Mohammed Mudawi (Sudan) assumed his functions as Resident Representative a.i. for UNDP Syria in June 2025, following his appointment as Deputy Resident Representative (DRR) on 3 September 2023.
Prior to this, he completed a complex assignment with UNDP Headquarters, where he managed the emergency phase of the FSO Safer project—a critical operation involving the decaying oil tanker off the coast of Yemen.
From July 2019 to October 2022, Dr. Mudawi served as Deputy Resident Representative for UNDP Saudi Arabia, where he contributed to strengthening the partnership between UNDP and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through joint projects on integrated water resources management, SDG acceleration, statistics, energy, urban development, and public sector excellence.
Between October 2015 and June 2019, he led the operations of a USD 1 billion stabilization portfolio in Iraq, which helped more than 4 million internally displaced Iraqis return to their areas of origin by restoring essential services in territories liberated from ISIL.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Mudawi managed several large-scale health projects—primarily funded by the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—in Iraq, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, and Sudan.
Dr. Mudawi brings over 15 years of international experience to his role. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Khartoum, Sudan.
He is married and a proud father of five children.
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