Ahmed Diriye
Ahmad Diriye | |
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Image of Diriye taken from the U.S. State Department | |
| 3rd Emir of al-Shabaab | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Abdi Godane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Umar 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Known for | Leader of al-Shabaab |
| Nickname(s) | Sheikh Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah, Sheikh Omar Abu Ubaidaha, Sheikh Ahmed Umar, Sheikh Mahad Omar Abdikarim, Abu Ubaidah, Abu Diriye, Diriye |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | War in Somalia (2006–2009) Somali Civil War (2009–present) |
Ahmed Diriye (Somali: Axmed Diiriye, Arabic: أحمد ديريه; born 1972), also known as Ahmad Umar or Abu Ubaidah al-Somali (Arabic: أبي عبيدة الصومالي), is the Emir of Somalia’s Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.
Diriye became head of the organization following the death of al-Shabaab's leader Ahmed Godane in 2014. In 2022, the U.S. State Department designated him a terrorist.