as speaker of parliament, jawari also briefly served as acting president of somalia while the parliament elected a new leader. on 30 august 2012, the federal parliament convened and unanimously endorsed a new committee tasked with overseeing the presidential elections. at the parliamentary session chaired by jawari, 15 mps were named to the body, with former acting speaker ambassador muse hassan sheikh sayid abdulle appointed as the commission's chairperson. president hassan sheikh mohamud then succeeded jawari as president, having been elected on 10 september 2012 and inaugurated into office six days later.