Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Somali: Cabdullaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil, Arabic: عبد الله الشيخ إسماعيل) (died 7 May 2021) was a Somali politician.
Abdulahi belongs to the Biimal clan of Dir. he worked as Translator to Somali parliament in 1960s, Somalia’s Ambassador to Tunis, and was later a member of SSNM front.
He previously served as a Deputy Prime Minister,[2] as well as a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.[3] On 12 January 2015, Ismail was appointed the new Minister of Transport of the Federal Government of Somalia by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.[4] He was 1st secretary, embassy, Cairo 1972. Ismacil was Consular (Belgium) & Amb to Yemen, United of America ,USSR, Arab League, Tunis, 1978-1988. He became Deputy PM & Foreign Minister Before being appointed as the Chair of Somalia-Somaliland talks. He spoke Somali, Arabic, English and Italian.