{"id":244,"date":"2026-05-24T07:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-05-26T06:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:39:41","slug":"minister","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Minister of Internal Security of Somalia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Experience:<\/strong>\u00a0 security sector leader | strategist | and reformist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Experience:<\/strong> 18+ years<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail \u201cFartaag\u201d is an accomplished security sector leader, strategist, and reformist. Renowned for his profound contribution to peace, security and reconciliation Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u201d holds over three decades of experience in senior security sector roles both in on the level of the Federal
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Educated at the Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy, Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u2019s ascended through the ranks of the Somali National Army (SNA) where he was renowned for his tactical and strategic excellence. His direct contribution to the security sector reform and development was recognized as he was appointed to head the SNA reorganization in 2001 \u2013 2004. In this role, Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u201d led the process of transformation dedicated to creation of modern effective National military force.<\/p>

Building on structural reforms implemented under his leadership, Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u201d took the command of the Section 3 Command in Jubaland in 2006 \u2013 2007, where his leadership contributed to the security of Somalia\u2019s southern
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Informed by the experience gained as a field commander, Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u201d continued with his reformation mission as he was reappointed in a role of the Head of Military Re-organization in Jubaland in 2009 \u2013 2011 and consequently took the command of SNA 60th Division located in Dollow (Gedo Region) in 2011 – 2013<\/p>

Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u2019s\u201d visionary contributions to security sector leadership and reforms and his dedication to promoting peace and stability took him to serve as a Vice-President of Jubaland in 2013 \u2013 2016 where he focused his efforts primarily on the reconciliation and security sector portfolios.<\/p>

Since 2016, Abdullahi \u201cFartaag\u201d continued shaping Somalia’s democratic and federalism processes within a new role, as a representative of the people of Gedo region in the Federal Parliament\u2019s Upper House. As a senator, he pursued further
reforms geared towards lasting peace and security. He was rewarded for his thorough work and reelected to the Upper House in July 2021.<\/p>

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Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Minister of Internal Security of Somalia Experience:\u00a0 security sector leader | strategist | and reformist. Experience: 18+ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"disabled","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mois.gov.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}