Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir
Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir | |
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Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir in Doha, 2021 | |
| National security advisor to the President of Somalia | |
| In office 8 September 2021 – 24 May 2022 | |
| President | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
| Preceded by | Abdisaid Muse Ali |
| Succeeded by | Hussein Sheikh Moalim |
| Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency | |
| In office 22 August 2019 – 8 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohamed Hussein Roble Hassan Ali Khaire |
| Deputy | Abdullahi Aden Kulane Abas Ya'qub |
| Preceded by | Hussein Osman Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Yasin Abdullahi Mohamud |
| Deputy Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency | |
| In office 16 August 2018 – 22 August 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Hassan Ali Khaire |
| Preceded by | Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Abdalla Yasiin Jama mohamed (Dalaf) |
| Succeeded by | Abdullahi Aden Kulane |
| Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia | |
| In office 31 May 2017 – 16 August 2018 | |
| President | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed |
| Preceded by | Abdalla Abdalla mohamed |
| Succeeded by | Amina Sa'ed Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1978 Mandera, Kenya |
| Occupation | |
Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir, (aka Abu - Camaar; born 19 July 1978), commonly known only as Fahad Yasin, is a Somali civil servant and politician, as well as a former journalist. He was also the campaign manager for Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" in the 2017 elections. After the elections, he was appointed Chief of Staff for Villa Somalia and then Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). Farmaajo subsequently appointed him as his national security advisor. The intelligence offices of the Somali regional governments (under the National Intelligence Directorate had appointed Abdalla Yasin Jama Mohamed Dalaf as the director of head of intelligence and submission of terrorist information for the Puntland regional government.