Suldaan Said Ahmed | |
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Member of the
Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
In office 9 September 2021 – 4 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mogadishu, Somalia | February 12, 1993
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 Helsinki City Council for the Left Alliance. [1] Said Ahmed served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki from September 2021 to April 2023, and is the first Somalian-born member of the Finnish parliament. [2] [3] In July 2022, Said Ahmed was appointed Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs' Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. Since April 2023, he has also been a member of the Peace Mediation Roster of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [4]
On 23 January 2024, Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen appointed Suldaan Said Ahmed as her Special Envoy on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. https://um.fi/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/suldaan-said-ahmed-ulkoministerin-rauhanvalityksen-erityisedustajaksi-afrikan-sarven-alueelle-1
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. [5] 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] He was not reelected in the 2023 parliamentary election.
Suldaan Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballers Ahmed Said Ahmed and Abdulkadir Said Ahmed. [6]
Suldaan Said Ahmed | |
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Member of the
Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
In office 9 September 2021 – 4 April 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mogadishu, Somalia | February 12, 1993
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 Helsinki City Council for the Left Alliance. [1] Said Ahmed served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki from September 2021 to April 2023, and is the first Somalian-born member of the Finnish parliament. [2] [3] In July 2022, Said Ahmed was appointed Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs' Special Representative on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. Since April 2023, he has also been a member of the Peace Mediation Roster of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [4]
On 23 January 2024, Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen appointed Suldaan Said Ahmed as her Special Envoy on Peace Mediation in the Horn of Africa. https://um.fi/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/suldaan-said-ahmed-ulkoministerin-rauhanvalityksen-erityisedustajaksi-afrikan-sarven-alueelle-1
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. [5] 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] He was not reelected in the 2023 parliamentary election.
Suldaan Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballers Ahmed Said Ahmed and Abdulkadir Said Ahmed. [6]