Rahma Guliye

{{Short description|Somalian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_place = Mandera, Kenya

| office = Hirshabelle State's Minister for Women and Human Rights

| education = Moi Girls' Secondary School

| president = Ali Abdullahi Hussein

| country = Somalia

| district =

}}

Rahma Bint Guliye, also Rahma Mohamed Guliye, is a politician and activist in the Federal Government of Somalia.{{Cite web |date=17 August 2024 |title=Le Premier Ministre fait Commandeurdans l'Ordre National du 27 juin la ministre Somalienne des Femmes et des Droits humains SE Khadijo Mohamed Diriye – Primature |url=https://primature.gouv.dj/le-premier-ministre-fait-commandeurdans-lordre-national-du-27-juin-la-ministre-somalienne-des-femmes-et-des-droits-humains-se-khadijo-mohamed-diriye/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817120624/https://primature.gouv.dj/le-premier-ministre-fait-commandeurdans-lordre-national-du-27-juin-la-ministre-somalienne-des-femmes-et-des-droits-humains-se-khadijo-mohamed-diriye/ |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024}} She is Hirshabelle State's Minister for Women and Human Rights,{{Cite web |date=8 May 2024 |title=Trailblazing Unity: Somalia Welcomes New Chapter of African Women Leaders Network |url=https://africa.unwomen.org/en/stories/news/2024/05/trailblazing-unity-somalia-welcomes-new-chapter-of-african-women-leaders-network |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=UN Women – Africa |language=en}} and was the first Somalian MP to be elected from the Degodia clan.{{Cite web |last=Abdullahi |first=Muhammed |date=5 October 2024 |title=Is the Somali government fueling secessionist agenda in Northern Kenya? |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/2021-01-16-is-the-somali-government-fueling-secessionist-agenda-in-northern-kenya/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005215125/https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/2021-01-16-is-the-somali-government-fueling-secessionist-agenda-in-northern-kenya/ |archive-date=5 October 2022 |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=The Star}}

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Guliye was born in Mandera, Kenya.{{Cite web |date=19 January 2021 |title=Somalian authorities to encourage secession of Northern Kenya - Robert Lansing Institute |url=https://lansinginstitute.org/2021/01/19/somalian-authorities-to-encourage-secession-of-northern-kenya/ |access-date=17 August 2024 |language=en-US}} She studied at Moi Girls' Secondary School, later studying to become a clinical nutritionist.{{Cite web |title=Three little known facts about Rahma Guliye, Mandera's finest |url=https://hivisasa.com/posts/1113-three-little-known-facts-about-rahma-guliye-manderas-finest |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=hivisasa.com}} From 2007 to 2010 she worked with Medicins sans frontiers. She has also extensively fund-raised for medical care for families in her community.{{Cite web |date=17 August 2024 |title=Relief as tears of sorrow turn into joy |url=https://hivisasa.com/posts/relief-as-tears-of-sorrow-turn-into-joy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817115228/https://hivisasa.com/posts/relief-as-tears-of-sorrow-turn-into-joy |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=hivisasa.com}} On 2 November 2020 she was appointed Chief of Staff to the government. Later that month, as a representative of both Kenyan and Somalian clan members, she was part of a launch of the Degodia flag. She later denied any connection with any potential Degodia secession movement.

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