Abdirisak Khalif

{{Short description|Somali politician (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date= February 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed

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| residence = Las Anod, Somalia

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}

| citizenship = Somalia

| birth_place = Las Anod, Somalia

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| term_end3 = 25 June 2013

| term_start3 = 27 July 2010

| successor3 = Mohammad Abdullahi Omar

| president3 = Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud

| office3 = Minister of Commerce, Industries and Tourism of Somaliland

| image = Abdirisak Khaliif.jpg

| term_end2 = 11 June 2023

| term_start2 = 3 August 2021

| president2 = Muse Bihi Abdi

| successor2 = Yasin Haji Mohamoud

| predecessor2 = Bashe Mohamed Farah

| office2 = 6th Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives

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| native_name_lang = ar

| native_name = {{nobold|Cabdirisaaq Khaliif Axmed}}
{{nobold|عبدالرزاق خليف احمد}}

| caption = Khalif Ahmed in 2021

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Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed ({{langx|so|Cabdirisaaq Khaliif Axmed}}) is a Somaliland politician, who was formerly the speaker of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament (House of Representatives).{{Cite web|author=MoDuale|date=2021-08-03|title=Somaliland parliament elects Abdirisak Khalif as new speaker|url=https://www.horndiplomat.com/2021/08/03/somaliland-parliament-elects-abdirisak-khalif-as-new-speaker/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Horn Diplomat|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803085538/https://www.horndiplomat.com/2021/08/03/somaliland-parliament-elects-abdirisak-khalif-as-new-speaker/ |archive-date=2021-08-03 }}{{Cite web|title=Golaha Wakiilada Somaliland oo doortay guddoomiye|url=https://www.voasomali.com/a/5988780.html|access-date=2021-10-17|website=VOA|language=so}} He previously served as Somaliland's Minister of Commerce during the Siilaanyo administration.{{Cite news|title=Taariikhda Cabdirisaaq Khaliif, guddoomiyaha cusub ee wakiilada Somaliland|language=so|work=BBC News Somali|url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-58057790|access-date=2021-10-17}}

During the 2021 Somaliland parliamentary election Abdirisak, from the main opposition party Waddani, won the first round of voting with 42 votes, beating his competitor Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir aka "Faratoon", from the ruling Kulmiye party, who had 39 votes.

In June 2023, Abdirisak resigned as the speaker of the House of Representatives and defected to the SSC-Khatumo Administration, which sought to rejoin Somalia as an autonomous state amid the Las Anod conflict. Abdirisak had been sent to the region to help negotiate a resolution to the fighting but sided with the SSC-Khatumo's leaders and accused the Somalilander military of committing war crimes, for which a legal prosecution was launched against Abdirisak by the Somalilander attorney general. He is the highest ranking Somalilander to defect during the conflict.{{Cite news |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Somaliland parliament speaker resigns, joins SCC-Khatumo administration |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/Jun/191756/somaliland_parliament_speaker_resigns_joins_scc_khatumo_administration.aspx }}{{Cite web |title=Somaliland army accused of war crimes in Las Anod, says Parliament Speaker |url=https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2023/Feb/190095/somaliland_army_accused_of_war_crimes_in_las_anod_says_parliament_speaker.aspx |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.hiiraan.com |language=en-US}}