Suldaan Said Ahmed

Suldaan Said Ahmed
Suldaan Said Ahmed
Member of the Finnish Parliament; for Helsinki
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 September 2021
Personal details
Born	February 12, 1993; Mogadishu, Somalia
Citizenship	Finnish
Political party	Left Alliance
Website	suldaan.fi

Suldaan Said Ahmed (b. 12 February 1993) is a Finnish politician who is a member of the Parliament of Finland and the Helsinki City Council for the Left Alliance.[1] Said Ahmed is the first Somalian-born member of the Finnish parliament.[2] In July 2022, Said Ahmed was appointed Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs' Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa.[3]

Life and career

Said Ahmed was born in Mogadishu and immigrated to Finland in 2008 through family reunification. He lived in Kontiolahti, North Karelia, and moved to Helsinki in 2011.[4] Said Ahmed has a security guard education and has also worked as a community worker for the Helsinki Deaconess Foundation.[1]

Said Ahmed was elected to the Helsinki City Council in the 2017 municipal elections and re-elected in 2021. In the 2019 parliamentary election Said Ahmed became a vice deputy. As the MP Paavo Arhinmäki was selected the Helsinki Deputy Mayor, Said Ahmed took his place in September 2021.[2]

Family

Suldaan Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballers Ahmed Said Ahmed and Abdulkadir Said Ahmed.[5]

References

"Suldaan Said Ahmed". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
"Suldaan Said Ahmed becomes Finland's first Somali-born MP". Yle News. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
"Suldaan Said Ahmed appointed as Foreign Minister's special representative on peace mediation in the Horn of Africa". Finnish Government. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
"Finland's first Somali-born MP sworn in". Yle News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
Suomalainen, Tiina (1 November 2021). "Suldaan Said Ahmedin ykkösnainen on yksinhuoltajaäiti Ramla – kasvatti 11 lasta" (in Finnish). Anna. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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[Parliament-1] "Suldaan Said Ahmed". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[Yle-2] "Suldaan Said Ahmed becomes Finland's first Somali-born MP". Yle News. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[3] "Suldaan Said Ahmed appointed as Foreign Minister's special representative on peace mediation in the Horn of Africa". Finnish Government. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[4] "Finland's first Somali-born MP sworn in". Yle News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[5] Suomalainen, Tiina (1 November 2021). "Suldaan Said Ahmedin ykkösnainen on yksinhuoltajaäiti Ramla – kasvatti 11 lasta" (in Finnish). Anna. Retrieved 4 January 2022.