Public life today
Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur (Cabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur)
Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama has been Speaker of the House of the People since 10 August 2026. Before that he was Minister of Defence from December 2021 to March 2025 and Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport from March 2025. He began as a diplomat at Somalia's embassy in Ankara and was deputy, then acting, director of the national intelligence agency.
Abdulkadir Mohamed NurCabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur · Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 6 sources
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). 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).
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, 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 (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). In August 2018 the Speaker of the House of the People named him a senior adviser (Radio Mogadishu, 18 August 2018).
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 moved him from the justice ministry to defence, swapping posts with Hassan Hussein Haji (The EastAfrican, 27 December 2021). 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). 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).
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.
- 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.
Sources
- Dawan Africa, 10 August 2026 · dawan.africa
- Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur · en.wikipedia.org
- UNSOM, 5 July 2017 · unsom.unmissions.org
- Radio Mogadishu, 18 August 2018 · radiomuqdisho.net
- The EastAfrican, 27 December 2021 · theeastafrican.co.ke
- Dawan Africa · dawan.africa
Abdulkadir Mohamed NurCabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur · Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 6 sources
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