Abdullahi Mohamed Ali

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe"
عبد الله محمد علي
Current director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
Assumed office
4 April 2024
Appointed byHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byAbdullahi Gafow Mohamud (acting)
In office
6 April 2017  27 October 2017
Appointed byMohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
In office
10 July 2014  7 September 2016
Appointed byHassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byBashir Mohamed Jama
Succeeded byAbdurahman Mohamud Turyare
Personal details
BornBuloburde
NicknameSanbaloolshe

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe" (Somali: Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali, 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 was reappointed as the director of NISA.

He is currently a member of the federal parliament of Somalia.

Ali is from the ali Madaxweyne (Hassan Muse) Hawadle subclan of the Hawiye.