Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
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Appointed byHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byAbdullahi Gafow Mohamud (acting)
Appointed byMohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
Appointed byHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalolshe | |
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| عبد الله محمد علي | |
1968 (age 57–58) | |
| Current director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency | |
| 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 | |
| Nickname | Sanbaloolshe |
Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbalolshe (Somali: Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali Sanbaloolshe, 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 Sanbalolshe was reappointed as the director of NISA.[1][2][3][4]
He is currently a member of the federal parliament of Somalia.
Ali Sanbaloolshe is from the Ali-Madaxweyne (Hassan Muse) Hawadle subclan of the Hawiye.[5]