Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini

Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini عبد القادر الشيخ ضئنئ

Minister of Defence
In office 27 January 2015 – 29 March 2017
President	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime Minister	Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Preceded by	Mohamed Sheikh Hassan
Succeeded by	Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed
Chief of Somali National Army
In office 29 March 2011 – 13 March 2013
President	Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Preceded by	Ahmed Jimale Gedi
Succeeded by	Dahir Adan Elmi
Personal details
Born	Somalia
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Odessa Military Academy John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Command and General Staff College U.S. Army War College
Religion	Islam

General Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini (Somali: Cabdulkaadir Sheekh Diini, Arabic: عبد القادر الشيخ ضئنئ‎‎) is a Somali politician and military official. He served as Chief of Army from March 2011 to March 2013, under both the Transitional Federal Government and the succeeding Federal Government of Somalia. He is a former Minister of Defense of Somalia after being succeeded by Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed.

Dini was born in Somalia. He hails from the Marehan subclan of the Darod.

From 1972 to 1974, Dini studied at the Military Academy in Odessa, Ukraine. He later attended the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1986. Between 1986 and 1987, Dini also matriculated at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College in Pennsylvania. He completed his military education in 1989-1990, when he graduated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Dini speaks several languages, including Somali, Arabic, Russian and English.