Ahmed Moallim Fiqi

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi (Somali: Axmed Macallin Fiqi, Arabic: أحمد معلم الفقهي) is a politician from Somalia who currently serves as defense minister and has served as foreign minister from 2024 to 2025. 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.

In 2015, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi ran for the office of President of Galmudug State. Ahmed lost to his contender Abdikarim Hussein Guled. 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 to the College of Law at the Somali National University. Fiqi didn't complete his studies due to the Somali Civil War. He then went to Sudan and studied agriculture at the University of Khartoum. Details regarding the completion of formal degrees have not...