| Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed | |
| Residence: | Las Anod, Somalia |
| Citizenship: | Somalia |
| Birth Place: | Las Anod, Somalia |
| Term End3: | 25 June 2013 |
| Term Start3: | 27 July 2010 |
| Successor3: | Mohammad Abdullahi Omar |
| President3: | Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud |
| Office3: | Minister of Commerce, Industries and Tourism of Somaliland |
| Term End2: | 11 June 2023 |
| Term Start2: | 3 August 2021 |
| President2: | Muse Bihi Abdi |
| Successor2: | Yasin Haji Mohamoud |
| Predecessor2: | Bashe Mohamed Farah |
| Office2: | 6th Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
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Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed (Somali: Cabdirisaaq Khaliif Axmed) is a Somaliland politician, who was formerly the speaker of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament (House of Representatives).[1] [2] He previously served as Somaliland's Minister of Commerce during the Siilaanyo administration.[3]
During the 2021 Somaliland parliamentary election Abdirisak, from the main opposition party Waddani, won the first round of voting with 42 votes, beating his competitor Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir aka "Faratoon", from the ruling Kulmiye party, who had 39 votes.
In June 2023, Abdirisak resigned as the Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives and joined the SSC-Khatumo administration amidst a conflict in Las Anod.[4]
Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed was born in 1967 in Las Anod, Somaliland. He completed his primary education in Las Anod and later moved to Somalia for further studies.