Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi عبد الحكيم محمود حاجي الفقي | |
Birth Place: | Bay, Somalia |
Office: | Minister of Defence of Somalia |
Term Start: | 4 November 2012 |
Term End: | 17 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | Hussein Arab Isse |
Successor: | Mohamed Sheikh Hassan |
Term Start2: | 12 November 2010 |
Term End2: | 20 July 2011[1] |
Predecessor2: | Mohamed Abdi Gandhi |
Successor2: | Hussein Arab Isse |
Office3: | Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia |
Term Start3: | 12 November 2010 |
Term End3: | 20 July 2011 |
Successor3: | Hussein Arab Isse |
Party: | Independent |
Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi (so|Cabdixakiin Maxamuud Xaaji Fiqi, ar|عبد الحكيم محمود حاجي الفقي), also spelled Abdulhakim Mahamud Fiqi,[2] is a Somali diplomat and politician. He twice served as the Minister of Defence of Somalia.
Haji-Faqi hails from the Bay region in southern Somalia.[3] He belongs to the Dabarre sub group of the Rahanweyn clan.[4]
Haji-Faqi was previously a diplomat in Canada.[5]
On 12 November 2010, Haji-Faqi was appointed Minister of Defence of Somalia.[6] He was also serving as one of three national deputy prime ministers of Somalia.[7] His term as Defence Minister came to an end on 20 July 2011.[1]
On 4 November 2012, Haji-Faqi was appointed Minister of Defence for a second time by the new Prime Minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon.[8]
Among his first initiatives in office, Haji-Faqi led negotiations helping to secure the Arab League's support for the Somali federal government's campaign to end the longstanding arms embargo on Somalia.[9] The blockade was eventually lifted on 6 March 2013, following the United Nations Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2093.[10]
Haji-Faqi's second term as Minister of Defence ended on 17 January 2014, when new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed appointed Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as his successor.[11]