# Kadra Mahamoud Haid (Khadra Maxamuud Xayd)

> Kadra Mahamoud Haid: First Lady of Djibouti since 1999, campaigner against FGM.

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## Who is she?

Kadra Mahamoud Haid is a Djiboutian politician and political adviser, and First Lady of Djibouti since 1999 ([Wikipedia, Kadra Mahamoud Haid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mahamoud_Haid)). She is married to President [Ismaïl Omar Guelleh](/en/people/ismail-omar-guelleh/) (same source).

## Against FGM

In 2003 she spoke against female genital mutilation, saying an estimated two million girls a year were still cut and describing the medical and psychological harm ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mahamoud_Haid)). Djibouti banned FGM by law in 1995, but Wikipedia cites an estimate that 98% of women in Djibouti have undergone it (same source).

## Influence

Wikipedia reports that the businessman Abdourahman Boreh was expelled from Djibouti after an investment dispute with her ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mahamoud_Haid)). A 2014 report quoted there said Guelleh shares power "only with his influential wife", and *Africa Intelligence* has said she "acts as a sort of vice president" (same source).

## Family

With Guelleh she has two daughters and a son; she also has a son, Naguib Abdallah Kamil, and a daughter from her first marriage ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mahamoud_Haid)).

## In short

Djibouti's First Lady since 1999, a public voice against FGM and a central figure in its politics.

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