Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir

Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir
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[1]
Succeeded by	Yasin Abdullahi Mohamud[2]
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[3]
Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia
In office 31 May 2017 – 16 August 2018
President	Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Preceded by	Abukar Dahir Osman
Succeeded by	Amina Sa'ed Ali
Personal details
Born	(1978-07-19) 19 July 1978 (age 46)
Nationality	Somali
Occupation	Spy, bureaucrat, politician Former journalist and imam

Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir, (aka Abu - Camaar),^[4] 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).^[5][6][7] 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.^{[citation needed]}