Abdurahman Mohamud Turyare ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamuud Tuuryare, ar, عبد الرحمن محمود طوريارآ) is a Somali jurist and military leader. He previously served as the Director of the

National Intelligence and Security Agency The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) ( so, Hay'ada Sirdoonka iyo Nabadsugida Qaranka (HSNQ)) is the national intelligence agency of the Federal Republic of Somalia. It is headquartered in Mogadishu. The NISA is also closely intertw ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, and as the Chief of the Supreme Military Court.

Personal life

Turyare earned a master's degree in international law. He is also presently a candidate for a PhD in law.

Career

Turyare previously served as head/incharge of investigations at the National Security Agency headquarters in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

Chief of the Supreme Military Court

On 18 May 2014, Turyare was appointed the new Chief of the Supreme Military Court of Somalia by presidential decree. He succeeded the interim Chief Liban Ali Yarrow.

Commander of the National Intelligence and Security Agency

Turyare's term as Military Court Chief ended on 22 September 2014, when the Federal Cabinet appointed him as the new head of the

(NISA). He replaced

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Abdullahi Mohamed Ali "Sanbalolshe" ( so, Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali, ar, عبد الله محمد علي) is a Somali politician. He subsequently briefly served as the director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency in 2014, In April 2 ...

, who had been sacked earlier in the month. According to the Council of Ministers, the NISA position was also concurrently renamed from "Director" to "Commander". In September 2014, the Turyare offered a $2 million reward to any individual who provides information leading to the arrest of the new Al-Shabaab leader, Ahmed Omar Abu Ubeyda. According to the NISA Commander, a separate $1 million would be rewarded to any person who supplies information that could result in the killing of Ubeyda. Turyare also pledged that the informers' identities would be kept private. This is reportedly the first time that a Somalia security official is offering such large dead-or-alive bounties on an Al-Shabaab leader.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turyare, Abdurahman Mohamud Living people Somalian jurists 1955 births