{"id":"said-abdullahi-deni","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/said-abdullahi-deni","language":"en","name":"Said Abdullahi Deni","name_en":"Said Abdullahi Deni","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Puntland since 2019","headline":"President of Puntland since 2019","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Said Abdullahi Mohamed Deni (Somali: Siciid Cabdullaahi Maxamed Deni; born 2 July 1967), also known as Said Deni, is a Somali politician who serves as the current and 6th president of Puntland, a semi-autonomous state of Somalia. He was first elected on 8 January 2019 and served as a president for 5 years. He was re-elected for a second term on 8 January 2024.","summary_more":["Said was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. His family hails from the (Bah-Dhulbahante) Osman Mohamoud sub of the larger Harti Majeerteen. Previously, he served as the minister of planning of Somalia, after having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2014 by the prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. He was also a presidential candidate in the 2017 and 2022 elections for the Somali presidency. Since 2020, he represents the Kaah political association."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"July 1967","date":"1967-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Mogadishu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2449"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Somalia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1045"},{"text":"Puntland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485112"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Puntland (since 8 January 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61905410","start":"2019-01-08"},{"text":"Minister of Planning, investment and Economic development (17 January 2014 – 27 January 2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107709924","start":"2014-01-17","end":"2015-01-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Abdullahi_Deni","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Said Abdullahi Deni born?","a":"Said Abdullahi Deni was born on July 1967 in Mogadishu."},{"q":"What positions has Said Abdullahi Deni held?","a":"Positions held by Said Abdullahi Deni include: President of the Puntland (since 8 January 2019); Minister of Planning, investment and Economic development (2014–2015)."}],"related":[{"name":"Abdirahman Farole","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdirahman-farole"},{"name":"Mohamed Abdi Hashi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-abdi-hashi"},{"name":"Yusuf Haji Nur","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yusuf-haji-nur"},{"name":"Mohamud Muse Hersi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamud-muse-hersi"},{"name":"Jama Ali Jama","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jama-ali-jama"},{"name":"Abdiweli Gaas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdiweli-gaas"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/said-abdullahi-deni-9d4458f014.jpg","width":500,"height":726,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Government of Puntland","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Said_Abdullahi_Deni_(22-05-2021)_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Said Abdullahi Deni","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_Abdullahi_Deni","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q17069995","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069995","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Said Abdullahi Deni (22-05-2021) (cropped).jpg by Government of Puntland (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Said_Abdullahi_Deni_(22-05-2021)_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Said Abdullahi Deni, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Said Abdullahi Deni (22-05-2021) (cropped).jpg — Government of Puntland, Public domain.","cite":"\"Said Abdullahi Deni\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/said-abdullahi-deni. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/said-abdullahi-deni","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/said-abdullahi-deni","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/said-abdullahi-deni?lang=ne"}}