Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe" | |
Native Name: | عبد الله محمد علي |
Birth Place: | Buloburde |
Office: | Current director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency |
Predecessor: | Abdullahi Gafow Mohamud (acting) |
Predecessor2: | Bashir Mohamed Jama |
Successor2: | Abdurahman Mohamud Turyare |
Termstart1: | 10 July 2014 |
Termend1: | 7 September 2014 |
Termstart2: | 6 April 2017 |
Termend2: | 27 October 2017 |
Termstart3: | 4 April 2024 |
Appointer1: | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Appointer2: | Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo |
Nickname: | Sanbaloolshe |
Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe" (Somali: Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali, Arabic: عبد الله محمد علي) is a Somali politician. He subsequently briefly served as the director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency in 2014, In April 2017, Ali was reappointed as the director of NISA.[1] [2] [3] 7 months later he was fired by Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.[4]
He is currently a member of the federal parliament of Somalia.
Ali is from the ali Madaxweyne (Hassan Muse) Hawadle subclan of the Hawiye.[5]
He was previously the Minister for National Security in the Transitional Federal Government. Ali later served as Somalia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[6]
On 9 July 2014, following a security reform, Ali was appointed the new Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). He replaced Bashir Mohamed Jama at the position.[6]
On 7 September 2014, the Federal Cabinet sacked Ali as NISA Director.[7] He was replaced at the position by Abdurahman Mohamud Turyare, the former Chief of the Supreme Military Court.[8]
He won his second term as a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia in March 2022[9] after receiving 54 votes[10] in Beledweyne.