Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid "Khadar" ( so, Mahdi Maxamed Guleed "Khadar", ar, مهدي محمد جوليد خضر) was the former deputy Prime Minister of the

Federal Republic of Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

, from 2017 to 2022 and briefly served as the acting

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the

from 25 July 2020 to 23 September 2020.

Career

Early career

Prior to taking office, he practised law in

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

and has worked with the second

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of Somaliland as legal advisor.

Deputy Prime Minister

As a Deputy Prime Minister, Gulaid chaired Somalia’s National Security Architecture including the prevention and countering of violent extremism. Most recently, he co-chaired the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels which concluded with resounding success.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulaid, Mahdi Mohammed Living people 1973 births 21st-century prime ministers of Somalia Prime Ministers of Somalia People from Hargeisa