Abdullahi Mohamed Ali

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe" (Somali: Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali, Arabic: عبد الله محمد علي) is a Somali politician and incumbent Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency. He previously served as the director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency in 2014. Again in April 2017, Ali was reappointed as the director of NISA.^[1][2][3][4]

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe"
عبد الله محمد علي
1968 (age 56–57)
Current director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2024
Appointed by	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded by	Abdullahi Gafow Mohamud (acting)
In office 6 April 2017 – 27 October 2017
Appointed by	Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
In office 10 July 2014 – 7 September 2016
Appointed by	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded by	Bashir Mohamed Jama
Succeeded by	Abdurahman Mohamud Turyare
Personal details
Born	Buloburde
Nickname	Sanbaloolshe

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]

Career

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^[9] in Beledweyne.