# Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur (Cabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur)

> Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur: Speaker of the House of the People since August 2026, Defence Minister 2021 to 2025, and former acting head of NISA.

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## Who is he?

Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama is the Speaker of the House of the People, the lower house of the Federal Parliament. He was elected on 10 August 2026 with 142 votes ([Dawan Africa, 10 August 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/somalias-abdulkadir-mohamed-nur-elected-speaker-of-house-of-the-people)). He came to the post after more than three years as Minister of Defence and a career in diplomacy and intelligence ([Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulkadir_Mohamed_Nur)).

## Education

He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the political science faculty of Ankara University in Turkey. He speaks Somali, English and Turkish (Wikipedia).

## Diplomat in Ankara, 2009 to 2017

He served at Somalia's embassy in Ankara for eight years: as Second Secretary from 2009 to 2012, First Secretary from 2012 to 2015, and First Counsellor from September 2015. From September 2016 to May 2017 he was the embassy's chargé d'affaires (Wikipedia). Wikipedia also records that he once headed security at [Villa Somalia](/en/institutions/president-and-council-of-ministers/), the presidential palace (same source).

## Intelligence, 2017 to 2018

From May 2017 to August 2018 he was Deputy Director of the [National Intelligence and Security Agency](/en/institutions/nisa/) (NISA), and from October 2017 to February 2018 he was its acting Director (Wikipedia). In July 2017 the agency held a workshop on screening former al-Shabaab fighters who had left the group ([UNSOM, 5 July 2017](https://unsom.unmissions.org/nisa-convenes-second-workshop-screening-disengaged-al-shabaab-combatants-mogadishu)). In August 2018 the Speaker of the House of the People named him a senior adviser ([Radio Mogadishu, 18 August 2018](https://www.radiomuqdisho.net/guddoomiyaha-golaha-shacabka-oo-maanta-cqaadir-maxamed-nuur-jaamac-u-magacaabay-la-taliye-sare-oo-ka-tirsan-xafiiska-guddoomiyaha/)).

## Minister of Justice, 2020 to 2021

Wikipedia records that he was Minister of Justice from September 2020 until December 2021 (Wikipedia).

## Minister of Defence, 2021 to 2025

In December 2021 Prime Minister [Mohamed Hussein Roble](/en/people/mohamed-hussein-roble/) moved him from the justice ministry to defence, swapping posts with Hassan Hussein Haji ([The EastAfrican, 27 December 2021](https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/somalia-president-farmaajo-suspends-pm-roble-again-3664484)). Wikipedia dates his defence term from 26 December 2021 to 17 March 2025; our list of defence ministers, drawn from Wikidata, gives 6 December 2021 as the start ([Ministers of Defence of Somalia](/en/institutions/ministers-of-defence-of-somalia/)). On 8 February 2024 he signed a defence and economic cooperation framework agreement with Turkey's Defence Minister, Yaşar Güler, in Ankara (Wikipedia).

## Ports minister and Speaker, 2025 to now

On 17 March 2025 he became Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport. He left that post when parliament elected him Speaker on 10 August 2026 ([Dawan Africa](https://www.dawan.africa/news/from-diplomat-to-speaker-abdulkadir-mohamed-nurs-path-to-leading-somalias-house)).

## Offices held

- Chargé d'affaires, Embassy of Somalia in Ankara, 2016 to 2017
- Acting Director of NISA, October 2017 to February 2018
- Minister of Justice, September 2020 to December 2021
- Minister of Defence, December 2021 to 17 March 2025. See [Ministers of Defence of Somalia](/en/institutions/ministers-of-defence-of-somalia/).
- Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport, 17 March 2025 to 10 August 2026
- Speaker of the House of the People, 10 August 2026 to now. See [Speakers of Parliament](/en/institutions/speakers-of-parliament/).

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