Ahmed Shide is the Minister of Finance since October 2021. He was the Minister of Minister of Finance and Economic Development from October 2018-October 2021.

Ahmed has BA in Economics from Ethiopian Civil Service College, Addis Ababa, and an MA in Participation, Development and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Ahmed Shide was state Minister for Finance and Economic Development from 2009 to 2016, the Minister of Transport from 2016-2018 and Ethiopian Government Spokesman from April – August 2018. Before his appointment at federal government level, Ahmed was once the Speaker of Parliament of Somali Region. He was also the Chairman of the former Somali People’s Democratic Party (ESPDP).