Suldaan Said Ahmed
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
In office
9 September 2021 (2021-09-09) – 4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)
Personal details
Born (1993-02-12) February 12, 1993
Mogadishu, Somalia
CitizenshipFinnish
Political partyLeft Alliance
Websitesuldaan.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]

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.[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.

Family

Suldaan Said Ahmed is the brother of the footballers Ahmed Said Ahmed and Abdulkadir Said Ahmed.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Suldaan Said Ahmed". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Suldaan Said Ahmed becomes Finland's first Somali-born MP". Yle News. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Suldan Said Ahmed". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Finland's first Somali-born MP sworn in". Yle News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ↑ 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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