Dr.
Essa Kayd
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
3 March 2021
PresidentMuse Bihi Abdi
Preceded byYasin Haji Mohamoud
Personal details
CitizenshipSomalilander
Political partyPeace, Unity, and Development Party
Children9
Residence(s)Hargeisa, Somaliland

Dr. Essa Abdirahman Mohamoud Kayd (Somali: Ciise Cabdiraxmaan Keyd;[1][2][3] Arabic: عيسى كيد) is a Somaliland politician who currently serves as Somaliland's Minister of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Early life

Kayd was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, 1960. After spending his teenage years in Djibouti, he went to school in France, graduating from the Université de la Timone with a Master of Neuroscience. Soon after, he found residence in Ottawa, Canada where he worked with the Ottawa Civic Hospital’s Institute of Neuroscience from 1990-1999 as a Neurodiagnostic Specialist.

Career

In the early 2000s he moved to Boston, United States, where he worked as the Chief of the Neurophysiology Department at Brigham Women's Hospital. Having acquired many years of experience, he started to also work with Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, where he was responsible for training Harvard residents and fellow Doctors in Neurophysiology.

After almost 30 years abroad he followed an urge to do more and returned to his birth city of Hargeisa where he founded the Hargeisa Neurology Hospital in 2006. Dr. Essa Kayd is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. His focus is to build Somaliland’s international case whilst showing the world the potential advantage that Somaliland’s strategic location holds in the Horn of Africa for business, development and trade for landlocked countries in Africa.

Dr. Essa Kayd is fluent in French, English and Somali and has 9 children.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Ciise C/raxmaan Kayd Oo Maanta Hargaysa Si Wayn Loogu Soo Dhaweeyay". Horn Cable Television.
  2. ↑ "Somaliland : Growing ties with the US could be key to its recognition". The Africa Report.com. 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Michael M. (2022-02-01). "Somaliland Offers U.S. Military Access to Port, Airfield as It Pushes for Nationhood". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  4. ↑ MENAFN. "Somaliland: President Bihi Makes Extensive Changes to His Go ..." menafn.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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