# Abdikarim Hussein Guled (Cabdikariim Xuseen Guuleed)

> Abdikarim Hussein Guled: President of Galmudug 2015 to 2017, federal Minister of Interior and Security 2012 to 2014, and Minister of National Security in 2014.

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## Who is he?

Abdikarim Hussein Guled led [Galmudug](/en/states/galmudug/), the federal member state in central Somalia, from 2015 to 2017. He was its fourth president, according to Wikipedia ([Wikipedia, Abdikarim Hussein Guled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdikarim_Hussein_Guled)). World Statesmen dates his term from 23 July 2015 to 26 February 2017 ([World Statesmen, Somalia](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)). Before Galmudug he held two of the main security posts in the federal government.

## Early life and education

Wikipedia records that he was born in Beledweyne, in the [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/) region, in 1966, to parents from the Galmudug area ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdikarim_Hussein_Guled)). World Statesmen gives his birth year as 1967 ([World Statesmen](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)). He trained as a schoolteacher and graduated from the management department of the University of Science and Technology in Yemen (Wikipedia).

## Minister of Interior and Security, 2012 to 2014

Prime Minister [Abdi Farah Shirdon](/en/people/abdi-farah-shirdon/) named his cabinet on 4 November 2012, and Guled became Minister of Interior and Security (Wikipedia). He held the post until 17 January 2014.

## Minister of National Security, 2014

When [Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed](/en/people/abdiweli-sheikh-ahmed/) became Prime Minister, he split the security portfolio into a new Ministry of National Security and named Guled to lead it in January 2014 (Wikipedia). On 24 May 2014 Guled resigned after an al-Shabaab attack on the parliament building in Mogadishu. The Prime Minister accepted the resignation, and Khalif Ahmed Ereg was named to the post on 9 July 2014 (same source).

## President of Galmudug, 2015 to 2017

In July 2015 the Galmudug assembly elected him President. He defeated Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi in the vote (Wikipedia). World Statesmen lists his party as the PDP ([World Statesmen](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)). On 2 December 2015 he signed the [Gaalkacyo](/en/regions/mudug/) Agreement with [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/)'s President [Abdiweli Mohamed Ali](/en/people/abdiweli-gaas/). Under that agreement both leaders agreed to a ceasefire and to pull troops back in the divided city of Gaalkacyo (Wikipedia). His term ended on 26 February 2017. [Mohamed Hashi](/en/people/mohamed-abdi-hashi/) Abdi "Arabey" then served as acting President until Ahmed Duale Geelle "Haaf" took office on 3 May 2017 ([World Statesmen](https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html)).

## Offices held

- Minister of Interior and Security, 4 November 2012 to 17 January 2014
- Minister of National Security, January to May 2014
- President of Galmudug, 23 July 2015 to 26 February 2017. See [Presidents of Galmudug](/en/institutions/presidents-of-galmudug/).

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