Kadra Mahamoud Haid

Kadra Mahamoud Haid (Somali: Khadra Maxamuud Xayd) is a Djiboutian politician, political advisor, and First Lady of Djibouti since 1999. She is the wife of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

Kadra Mahamoud Haid
First Lady of Djibouti
Assumed office
May 8, 1999
PresidentIsmaïl Omar Guelleh
Preceded byAicha Bogoreh
Personal details
Political partyPeople's Rally for Progress
Spouse(s)Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (current)
Mahamed Abdallah Kamil (former)
ChildrenFour

In 2003, Haid spoke against female genital mutilation (FGM), "These practices are not gone, an estimated two million young girls a year, 6,000 per day, still undergo these mutilations in all their forms. The consequences are dramatic, it can cause death by haemorrhage, urinary infections, cysts and childbirth difficulties, not to mention psychological damage."[1] Although a 1995 law banned FGM, it has been estimated that 98% of women in Djibouti are victims of it.[1]

Somali businessman Abdourahman Boreh, one of the richest people in Djibouti, was expelled because of an investment dispute with Haid.[2]

In 2014, it was reported that Guelleh "holds on to that power jealously, sharing it only with his influential wife".[3] Africa Intelligence has stated that she "acts as a sort of vice president".[4]

Personal life

Through her current marriage to Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, she has two daughters, presidential adviser Haibado and businesswoman Fatouma-Awo.[4] In addition, she has a son from her first marriage, Naguib Abdallah Kamil, who she is reportedly grooming for "high political responsibilities" and a daughter, Nazli, who is a businesswoman.[4]

References
  1. "Emma Bonino - Djibouti's First Lady Slams Female Circumcision". www.emmabonino.it. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. Samson A. Bezabeh (2016). Subjects of Empires, Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-977-416-729-4. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. "Djibouti leader Guelleh, clutching to power, wins fourth term and eyes growth with the help of foreign capital". 9 April 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017 – via Japan Times Online.
  4. "DJIBOUTI : Ismail Omar Guelleh governs family-style with Kadra, Naguib, Saad and co - The Indian Ocean Newsletter". africaintelligence.com. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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