Ahmed Moalim Fiqi
Ahmed Moallim Fiqi | |
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| أحمد معلم الفقهي | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamza Abdi Barre |
| Preceded by | Abshir Omar Huruse |
| Minister of Internal Security of Galmudug, Somalia | |
| In office 24 April 2020 – 7 October 2021 | |
| President | Ahmed Abdi Kariye |
| Preceded by | Saadaq Sheekh Yuusuf |
| Secretary-General of Forum for National Parties | |
| In office October 2019 – 23 May 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Abdirahman Mohamed Husen |
| Secretary-General of Union for Peace and Development Party | |
| In office 4 October 2018 – 23 May 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Abdirahman Mohamed Husen |
| Member of Somali Federal Parliament | |
| Assumed office 27 December 2016 | |
| Secretary-General of Daljir Party | |
| In office September 2015 – 4 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hasan Haji |
| Director of Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency | |
| In office 24 May 2011 – 25 March 2013 | |
| President | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Warsame Darwish |
| Succeeded by | Abdikarin Dahir |
| Ambassador of Somalia to Sudan | |
| In office 2010 – 24 May 2011 | |
| President | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 Galkacyo, Somalia |
| Political party | Union for Peace and Development Party |
Ahmed Moallim Fiqi (Somali: Axmed Macallin Fiqi, Arabic: أحمد معلم الفقهي) is a politician from Somalia currently serving as foreign minister. Formerly a member of the Islamic Courts Union, Fiqi is currently a member of the Somali Federal Parliament. From May 2011 to March 2013, he served as Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). After resigning from the position, he was provisionally replaced by Abdikarin Dahir.[1][2][3]
In 2015, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi run for the office of President of Galmudug State.[4] Ahmed lost to his contender Abdikarim Hussein Guled[5] Guled won by 49 to 40 votes over former Intel. Chief Ahmed Moallim Fiqi.
Early life and education
[edit]Fiqi was born in 1971 in Galkayo, Somalia, His family hailed from the Sa'ad Habargidir clan. Fiqi took his primary and secondary school in Mogadishu. In 1988, after his two-year Military service he was admitted for the College of Law at the Somali National University. Fiqi didn't complete his studies due to the Somali Civil War. He then went Sudan and studied agriculture at the University of Khartoum.[6] Fiqi is a graduate of International Islamic University Malaysia.
Fiqi speaks Somali, Arabic, and English.
Political career
[edit]Ahmed Fiqi started his political career during the Islamic Courts Union. He was very close friend of former ICU leader Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Later when Sharif Sheikh Ahmed become president,[7] Fiqi served as the Somali ambassador to Sudan from 2010 to 2011. He was served as Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency and Presidential Candidate for the Galmudug State of Somalia.
In early 2015, Ahmed Fiqi co-founded Daljir Party with Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Moalim.[8] Later Ahmed Fiqi run for the office of President of Galmudug State.[4] He lost to his contender Abdikarim Hussein Guled[5] Guled won by 49 to 40 votes over former Intelligence Chief Ambassador Ahmed Moallim Fiqi.
On 28 November 2016, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi was elected[9] as member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia from Galmudug in Adado, Somalia.
Fiqi's Daljir Party formed a coalition with former Somali President Hassan Mohamud's Peace and Development Party. They launched[10] Union for Peace and Development Party in October 2018.
Foreign minister (2024-present)
[edit]On 7 April 2024, Fiqi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Somali national intelligence chief steps down". Sabahi. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Somalia: New Intelligence Boss Takes Office". Garsoor News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Somalia: Somali National Intelligence Chief Steps Down". allAfrica.
- ^ a b "Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi Declares His Candidacy to Central State of Somalia". Goobjoog News English. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Abdikarim Guled is the new President of Galmudug regional state". Radio Dalsan FM 91.5 MHz | Warar Sugan | Somalia News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Xildhibaan Axmed Macallin Fiqi Axmed – Kalfadhi" (in Somali). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Somali MPs elect new president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "INTERVIEW WITH AHMED MOALLIM FIQI". Mogadishu Center For Research & Studies. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ amisom-au.org https://amisom-au.org/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/amisom-au.org/2016/11/hirshabelle-and-galmudug-elect-seven-to-the-lower-house/_index.html_gzip. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "PICTURES: Union for Peace and Development party launched in Mogadishu". Goobjoog News English. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International (7 April 2024). "Ambassador Ahmed Moallim Fiqi appointed as Somalia's new Minister of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.