Mr Aboubaker Hassan is the Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Djibouti, where he manages the implementation of the Djibouti space programme. In this capacity, he has directed the design and production of the Djibouti 1A and 1B.
From 2013 to 2014, he chaired the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Djibouti before he went on to become the chairperson for the National Commission for Higher Education Diploma Equivalences. He had a brief stint at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and the Sea, where he was in charge of hydraulic resources and then an Advisor to the Minister, a role where he was critical to developing strategies for livestock breeding, fishing, and agriculture sectors.