Zakariye Haji Abdi (Somali: Sakariye Xaaji Cabdi) (born 1958) is the former Somali Minister for Information and Telecommunication, Higher Education & Culture, acting foreign minister and the leader of Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia.
[1] Zakaria was born in Galkacyo, Somalia, in 1958, and he comes from the Leelkase Tanade, a sub-clan of the Darod clan.
From an early age he attended Dugsi where he would memorize the Qur'an and learn the basic Islamic Principles.
Zakaria is former minister in several portfolios, member of Somali and Arab Parliaments, former leader and one of the founders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia.
He is currently secretary general of the Council of Somali Political Parties, senior expert consultant at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Food Security and Agri-Business sectors, as well as chairman of Hufan Group of Company in Mogadishu, Somalia.