# Khadra Hussein Mohammad (Khadra Xuseen Maxamed)

> Khadra Hussein Mohammad: lawyer who became Somaliland's first woman National Deputy Prosecutor in 2010.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## Who is she?

Khadra Hussein Mohammad is a Somali lawyer ([Wikipedia, Khadra Hussein Mohammad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadra_Hussein_Mohammad)). She studied at the law school of the [University of Hargeisa](/en/institutions/main-universities/), which the UN Development Programme helped set up (same source). [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) declared independence in 1991; Israel recognised it on 26 December 2025; most states and the AU regard it as part of Somalia.

## Career

She joined the Somaliland Lawyers Association, which gave her access to further UNDP training ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadra_Hussein_Mohammad)). She then worked for a year as a paralegal in the National Prosecutor's office (same source). In 2010 she was named National Deputy Prosecutor, the first woman to hold the post (same source). Wikipedia also describes her as the first female judge in Somalia (same source).

She has said that more women lawyers have made female victims more willing to come forward (same source).

## In short

A Hargeisa-trained lawyer who became the first woman National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland in 2010.

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