Mahad Mohamed Salad

Mahad Mohamed Salad Arabic: مهد محمد صلاد) is a Somali Minister. He is the Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency. He previously served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia in 2014. In February of the year 2015, Salad was appointed state Minister of presidential affairs by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.^[1]

Mahad Mohamed Salad
Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
In office 22 August 2022 – 4 April 2024
Prime Minister	Hamza Abdi Barre
Preceded by	Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Abdalla Abdalla Mohamed
Succeeded by	Abdullahi Aden Kulane
State Minister for Presidential Palace
In office 6 February 2015 – 1 March 2017
Prime Minister	Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
In office 17 January 2014 – 5 February 2015
Prime Minister	Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Succeeded by	Abdirahman Abdi Mohamed
Personal details
Born	February 4 1973 age 51 Harardhere Somalia
Political party	Peace and Development Party

Mahad Mohamed Salad was appointed as the Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in August 2022. He replaced Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur; who is incumbent Defence Minister of Somalia.