Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi

Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi (Somali: Cabdixakiin Maxamuud Xaaji Fiqi, Arabic: عبد الحكيم محمود حاجي الفقي), also spelled Abdulhakim Mahamud Fiqi,[2] is a Somali diplomat and politician.

Haji-Faqi hails from the Bay region in southern Somalia.

[8] 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.

[9] The blockade was eventually lifted on 6 March 2013, following the United Nations Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2093.

[10] 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.