Ahmed Diriye

Ahmad Diriye
Image of Diriye taken from the U.S. State Department
3rd Emir of al-Shabaab
Assumed office
6 September 2014
Preceded byAhmed Abdi Godane
Personal details
BornAhmad Umar
1972 (age 53–54)
Known forLeader 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/warsWar 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.