[4] Guled is a graduate from the Department of Management at the University of Science and Technology in Yemen.

[6] On 24 May 2014, Guled resigned as National Security Minister following an attack by the Al-Shabaab militant group on the parliamentary building in Mogadishu.

[7] Guled defeated Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi and was elected the president of the Galmudug region.

[8] On 2 December 2015, Guled cosigned the Gaalkacyo Agreement with the President of Puntland Abdiweli Mohamed Ali.

Although in this agreement, both presidents agreed to a ceasefire and the withdrawal of military troops, the conflict in Galkacyo continued onwards, as of October 2016.