Abdisaid Muse Ali

Abdisaid Muse Ali is a Somali politician and was the National Security Advisor to the President of Somalia from 2017 to 2021, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia to from 2021 to 2022. Ali was forced to leave office after he was suspended by then Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over an alleged crime which was later dismissed, and has not run for political office since. As Foreign Affairs Minister, Ali increased cooperation between Somalia and China and fought against growing Somaliland–Taiwan relations. Abdisaid attended multiple universities internationally, and received multiple graduate and postgraduate qualifications.

Career before the FGS Prior to joining the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Ali served in multiple national and international positions. From December 2004 to November 2005, Ali's first political position was as a technical advisor to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG). where Ali worked from March 2012 to September 2014. While there; Ali established, developed, and led the NIS's operations in Mogadishu, Jowhar, Beledweyne, Baidoa, Kismayo, Galmudug, and Puntland, and organized funding. Ali was sworn in as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 22 November 2021, along with his deputy Mohamud Abdi Hassan (Pekos) at a ceremony at Villa Hargeisa. On 25 November 2021, Ali officially assumed the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and political unions including the African Union and United Nations.

As Foreign Affairs Minister; Ali advocated against growing Somaliland–Taiwan relations, and increased Somalia's "strategic and practical cooperation with China" in response, according to a statement made by Ali during a meeting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in March 2022.

Assassination attempt On the evening of 21 April 2022, Ali survived an assassination while traveling to Galkayo, Puntland on holiday break. While having an Iftar meal with clan elder Yasin Abdisamad in observance of Ramadan, local forces loyal to a more autonomous Puntland attacked. According to The East African, the attack killed several people including one of Ali's bodyguards, and severely injured Abdisamad, while Somali State TV reported only one soldier was killed and three injured.

Governor of Puntland's Mudug region Abdilatif Muse Nur blamed the attack on Ali's arrival in the city to "propagate unproductive policies". Local sources indicate the motive behind the attack may have also been because Abdisamad's apparent poor relations with Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni. especially because it was believed that PM Roble would only have left than a month left in office after the inauguration of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 15 May, who would choose a new PM.

On 24 July 2022, the Supreme Court of Oman issued a decision which dismissed the case and confirmed that Ali had nothing to do with the shipment of charcoal from Somalia, but Ali's suspension stayed in force. On 2 August 2022, Ali was officially replaced as Foreign Minister by Abshir Omar Huruse as part of a larger cabinet reshuffle by new Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre.

Post Foreign Affairs Minister career Since being replaced as Foreign Affairs Minister, Ali has yet to run again for a political office within the nation. He has, however, held multiple interviews, including with Togo counterpart Robert Dussey in Lomé on 2 September 2022 and with Pan-African Parliament President Fortune Charumbira in his office on 14 September 2022.