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Portrait of Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid
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Deputy Prime Minister · Somalia

Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid

1 recorded engagement, 2022: 1 visit.

1Engagements
1Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
0Signed agreements
1Destination countries
1Multilateral summits
2022Years in LEAD

Biography

Prime Minister of Somalia

Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid "Khadar" (Somali: Mahdi Maxamed Guleed "Khadar", Arabic: مهدي محمد جوليد خضر) is a Somali politician who was the former deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, from 2017 to 2022 and briefly served as the acting Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia from 25 July 2020 to 23 September 2020.

== Career ==

=== Early career ===

Prior to taking office, he practised law in Somaliland and has worked with the second Electoral Commission of Somaliland as legal advisor.

=== Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia ===

As a deputy prime minister Gulaid also chaired Strand 4 of 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 ==

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Where they travelled

Somalia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • Kenya1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations1
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs1
  • Security and Defense1

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2022-07-05Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/mahdi-mohammed-gulaid.html]