Daljir Party
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Daljir party
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| Chairperson | Hassan Moalim |
| Secretary-General | Ahmed Moalim Fiqi |
| Founded | 1 December 2014 |
| Split from | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia |
| Headquarters | 7 Airport Road, Wadajir District Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Ideology |
Conservative democracy Islamic democracy |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Slogan | Guardians of the country, the people, the identity and the common good |
| Website | |
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The Daljir Party (DP) (Somali: Xisbiga Daljir), abbreviated DP in English and XD in the Somali language, is a social conservative political party in Somalia. It has developed from the tradition of Islamism, but has officially abandoned this ideology in favour of "conservative democracy". Daljir party seems to be one of the largest Somali political party and some leading members of the party were former members of the government of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
Well known members of the party include the former Minister of Interior Abdilqadir Ali Omar, Abdikarim Hussein Jama former Minister of Information and current rector of City University Mogadishu.
The Chairman of the party Hassan Moalim, served as State minister for the Presidency in the administration of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. The party's General Secretary Ahmed Moalim Fiqi is a former Somali ambassador to Sudan and served as the Director of Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency.
Daljir party was initially a loose association of like minded individuals that announced a common political platform In 2012 in a ceremony attended by politicians, academics, members of the then transitional federal parliament, Ministers and Islamic Scholars.
It was relaunched on December 1 2014 after a two-week conference attended by Somalis from all regions of the country.
In the words of the current Secretary General who was a founding member of the party some of the "objectives of its establishment was to lay the foundation for a system that is beyond the failed tribal-based politics that is prevalent currently.'
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