Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi

Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi (, ), also spelled Abdulhakim Mahamud Fiqi, is a Somali diplomat and politician. He twice served as the Minister of Defence of Somalia.
Personal life.
Haji-Faqi hails from the Bay region in southern Somalia. He belongs to the Rahaweyn clan.
Haji-Faqi was previously a diplomat in Canada.
Career.
On 12 November 2010, Haji-Faqi was appointed Minister of Defence of Somalia. He was also serving as one of three national Vice President of Somalia . His term as Defence Minister came to an end on 20 July 2011.
On 4 November 2012, Haji-Faqi was appointed Minister of Defence for a second time by the new Prime Minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon.
Among his first initiatives in office, Haji-Faqi led negotiations helping to secure the Arab League's support for the Somali federal government's campaign to end the longstanding arms embargo on Somalia. The blockade was eventually lifted on 6 March 2013, following the United Nations Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2093.
Haji-Faqi's second term as Minister of Defence ended on 17 January 2014, when new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed appointed Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as his successor.