Nur Matan Abdi is a Somali politician and military commander who served in the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia in the 2000s. He was one of the commanders of the

Somali National Army The Somali National Army ( Somali: ''Xooga Dalka Soomaaliyeed,'' lit. ''"Somali Ground Forces"'') is the ground forces component of the Somali Armed Forces, and is the largest out of the three service branches that make up the majority of the A ...

during the 2009 phase of the

Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War ( so, Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; ar, الحرب الأهلية الصومالية ) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the Military dictatorship, military junta wh ...

. In 2011, he led government forces in a battle against al-Shabaab militants in Garbahare, pushing the militants out of the city. In 2000, Abdi was the district commissioner of the

Beled Hawo District Beled Hawo District ( so, Degmada Beled Xaawo) is a Reer sanyar dagmo district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Its capital is Beled Hawo Beled Hawo ( so, Beledxaawo or ) is a business town in Gedo, Somalia. Beledxaawo is a border t ...

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Somalian politicians Members of the Transitional Federal Parliament Somalian military leaders People from Gedo {{Somalia-politician-stub