Ahmed Moalim Fiqi

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi (Somali: Axmed Macallin Fiqi, Arabic: أحمد معلم الفقهي‎) is a politician from Somalia. He 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]

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi
أحمد معلم الفقهي
Minister of Internal Security of Galmudug, Somalia
Assumed office
24 April 2020
PresidentAhmed Abdi Kariye
Preceded bySaadaq Sheekh Yuusuf
Secretary-General of Forum for National Parties
In office
October 2019 – 23 May 2020
Succeeded byAbdirahman Mohamed Husen
Secretary-General of Union for Peace and Development Party
In office
4 October 2018 – 23 May 2020
Succeeded byAbdirahman 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 byHasan Haji
Director of Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency
In office
24 May 2011 – 25 March 2013
PresidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byMohamed Warsame Darwish
Succeeded byAbdikarin Dahir
Ambassador of Somalia to Sudan
In office
2010 – 24 May 2011
PresidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed
Personal details
Born1971
Galkacyo, Somalia
Political partyUnion for Peace and Development Party

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

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, Italian, and English.

Political career

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 2010–2011. He was served as Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency and Presidential Candidate for the Galmudug State of Somalia.

In the 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.

In November 28, 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.

References
  1. "Somali national intelligence chief steps down". Sabahi. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. "Somalia: New Intelligence Boss Takes Office". Garsoor News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. "Somalia: Somali National Intelligence Chief Steps Down". allAfrica.
  4. "Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi Declares His Candidacy to Central State of Somalia". Goobjoog News English. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  5. "Abdikarim Guled is the new President of Galmudug regional state". Radio Dalsan FM 91.5 MHz | Warar Sugan | Somalia News. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  6. "Xildhibaan Axmed Macallin Fiqi Axmed – Kalfadhi" (in Somali). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  7. "Somali MPs elect new president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  8. Editor1 (2015-10-08). "INTERVIEW WITH AHMED MOALLIM FIQI". Mogadishu Center For Research & Studies. Retrieved 2020-04-26.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. 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 2020-04-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "PICTURES: Union for Peace and Development party launched in Mogadishu". Goobjoog News English. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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