Dr Muhammed Mudawi

Deputy Resident Representative

United Nations Development Programme – Syria

Dr Mohammed Mudawi (Sudan) assumed his functions as the Deputy Resident Representative (DRR) for UNDP Syria on 03 September 2023. Prior to this he completed a complex assignment with UNDP Headquarter in managing the emergency phase of the FSO Safer project (giant oil tanker in Yemen). From July 2019 to October 2022, Dr Mudawi served as the Deputy Resident Representative for UNDP Saudi Arabia where he contributed to expanding the partnership between UNDP and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through joint projects on integrated water resources management, acceleration of SDGs, statistics, energy, urban development, and public sector excellence. From October 2015 to June 2019, Dr Mudawi led the operations of over one billion US Dollars Stabilization portfolio in Iraq which assisted more than 4 million internally displaced Iraqis to return to their areas of origin after restoring essential services in areas liberated from ISIL. Before that, Dr Mudawi managed several health projects (primarily funded by the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) in Iraq, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, and Sudan. 

Dr Mudawi has more than 15 years of international experience. He holds a master’s degree in public health (MPH) from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. 

Dr Mudawi is married with five children.