Dr. Essa Abdirahman Mohamoud Kayd (Somali: Ciise Cabdiraxmaan Keyd;[1][2][3] Arabic: عيسى كيد) is a Somaliland politician who served as Somaliland's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

[citation needed] After spending his teenage years in Djibouti, he went to school in France, graduating from the Université de la Timone with a Master of Neuroscience.

In the early 2000s he moved to Boston, United States, where he worked as the Chief of the Neurophysiology Department at Brigham Women's Hospital.

Dr. Essa Kayd is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

His focus is to build Somaliland’s international case whilst showing the world the potential advantage that Somaliland’s strategic location holds in the Horn of Africa for business, development and trade for landlocked countries in Africa.