Kadra Mahamoud Haid
Kadra Mahamoud Haid (Somali: Khadra Maxamuud Xayd) is a Djiboutian politician, political advisor, and First Lady of Djibouti since 1999. She is the wife of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Kadra Mahamoud Haid | |
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Khadra Maxamuud Xayd | |
Haid in 2017 | |
| First Lady of Djibouti | |
| Assumed office 8 May 1999 | |
| President | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
| Preceded by | Aicha Bogoreh |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | People's Rally for Progress |
| Spouse(s) | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (current) Mahamed Abdallah Kamil (former) |
| Children | Four |
In 2003, Haid spoke against female genital mutilation (FGM), "These practices are not gone, an estimated two million young girls a year, 6,000 per day, still undergo these mutilations in all their forms. The consequences are dramatic, it can cause death by haemorrhage, urinary infections, cysts and childbirth difficulties, not to mention psychological damage." Although a 1995 law banned FGM, it has been estimated that 98% of women in Djibouti are victims of it.
Somali businessman Abdourahman Boreh, one of the richest people in Djibouti, was expelled because of an investment dispute with Haid.
In 2014, it was reported that Guelleh "holds on to that power jealously, sharing it only with his influential wife". Africa Intelligence has stated that she "acts as a sort of vice president".