Mukhtar Robow
Mukhtar Robow Ali | |
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| مختار روبو | |
| Religious Affairs Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia | |
| Assumed office 2 August 2022 | |
| President | Hasan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Prime Minister | Hamza Abdi Barre |
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| Born | 10 October 1969 Huddur, Bakool, Somalia |
| Clan | Rahanweyn |
| Nickname | Abu Mansur |
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Sheikh Mukhtar Robow (Somali: Mukhtaar Roobow, Arabic: مختار روبو born 10 October 1969), also known as Abu Mansur, is a former deputy leader and former spokesman of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab.
He was a member of Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya and later the Islamic Courts Union. During the insurgency against the Ethiopian military occupation that began in 2007 he became the spokesman for Al-Shabaab. In 2015, he defected from Al-Shabaab due to ideology issues after years of hiding in his hometown. During 2022, Robow was appointed as the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Federal Government of Somalia.