# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmed-abdi-godane
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:39:56.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmed-abdi-godane"
name: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
slug: "ahmed-abdi-godane"
description: "Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a terrorist. The exact date of Godane's rise to al-Shabaab's Emir is debated, although it seems he ascended to this position in December 2007."
tagline: "Leader of Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahideen, Horner insurgent group (1977-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Godane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1977-07-10"
deathDate: "2014-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.14
  momentum:             10.21491567721622
  historical:           13.63902933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "احمد عبدی گودانے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مختار علي الزبير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مختار على الزبير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "احمد عبدی گودان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokhtar_Ali_Zubeyr"
    title: "Mokhtar Ali Zubeyr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%9D%90%EB%A9%94%EB%93%9C_%EC%95%95%EB%94%94_%EA%B3%A0%EB%8B%A4%EB%84%A4"
    title: "아흐메드 압디 고다네"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Abdi_Godane"
    title: "Ahmed Abdi Godane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Годане, Ахмед Абди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moktar_Ali_Zubeyr"
    title: "Moktar Ali Zubeyr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheekh_Mukhtaar_Abu-Zubeyr"
    title: "Sheekh Mukhtaar Abu-Zubeyr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moktar_Ali_Zubeyr"
    title: "Moktar Ali Zubeyr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1825075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump