Abdikarim Hussein Guled

Abdikarim Hussein Guled عبد الكريم حسين جوليد
Minister of National Security
In office 17 January 2014 – 24 May 2014
Prime Minister	Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Succeeded by	Khalif Ahmed Ereg
Minister of Interior and Federal affairs
In office 4 November 2012 – 17 January 2014
Prime Minister	Abdi Farah Shirdon
Succeeded by	Abdullahi Godah Barre
Personal details
Born	1966
Political party	Peace and Development Party
Religion	Islam

Abdikarim Hussein Guled (Somali: Cabdikariim Xuseen Guuleed, Arabic: عبد الكريم حسين جوليد‎‎) is a Somali politician. He previously served as Minister of Interior and Minister of National Security of Somalia. On 4 July 2015 he was elected as the 4th president of Galmudug State of Somalia

Guled was born in 1966 in the town of Beledweyne, situated in the central Hiran region of Somalia to parents who hailed from Galmudug state of Somalia. He is a schoolteacher by profession.

Guled is a graduate from the Department of Management at the University of Science and Technology in Yemen

From 4 November 2012 to 17 January 2014, he served as the Minister of Interior and Security of Somalia under Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Guled's term ended when new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed named him the Minister of the newly formed Ministry of National Security.

On 24 May 2014, Guled resigned as National Security Minister following an attack by the Al-Shabaab militant group on the parliamentary building in Mogadishu. Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed approved Guled's resignation letter, and is expected to appoint a new minister to the position. On 4 July 2015. On 9 July 2014, Khalif Ahmed Ereg was appointed Minister of National Security of Somalia by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed.

Guled defeated Ahmed Mo'ali Fiqi and was elected the president of the Galmudug region.

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