Amina Mohamed Abdi

Amina Mohamed Abdi (; 21 October 1981 – 23 March 2022) was a Somali politician, she was an MP in the Federal Parliament of Somalia from 2012 till her death, as a member of the opposition Union for Peace and Development Party.

Life Amina Mohamed Abdi was from the Hawiye, gaaljecel clan. She attended school in Mogadishu, and remembered, aged eight, returning from school to find her house empty and her family gone as the Somali Civil War fighting broke out in 1992. She later lived with her uncle, himself a member of the Somali parliament.

In 2012, aged 24, Abdi stood for parliament. Defeating two other candidates, she won a seat reserved for women. defending her seat against five men.

She was an advocate for an investigation into the disappearance of Ikran Tahlil Farah. When the casualties were taken to hospital, a suicide car bomb exploded. Amina was killed during the attack. She was just 40 years old. The attacks also killed 47 more people and injured 105.