Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, CFR (an haife shi a 15 ga watan Afrilu, 1952) ma’aikacin gwamnati ne kuma dan siyasa ne wanda ya yi aiki ya rike Ministan Tsaron Najeriya. An haifi Ahmed a garin Shira a kudancin Azare, jihar Bauchi, ga Ahmadu, malamin addinin Islama kuma manomi. Ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Shira, makarantar sakandaren gwamnati ta Azare, sannan ya shiga jami’ar Ahmadu Bello (ABU) da ke Zariya, jihar Kaduna, inda ya samu digiri na farko a kimiyyar siyasa a shekarar 1976 sannan ya yi digiri na biyu a kan harkokin mulki a 1981. Ya kammala karatunsa na kasa. Bautar Matasa (NYSC) a shekarar 1977. Yana da Digirin digirin digirgir na girmamawa a fannin shari'a da Jami'ar Abuja ta ba shi da kuma digirin digirin digirgir na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Bayero. Ahmed ya shiga ma’aikatan farar hula na jihar Bauchi a shekarar 1977. A 1982, ya zama mataimakin sakatare a ma’aikatar kula da lafiyar dabbobi da albarkatun gandun daji, sannan a shekara mai zuwa, a 1983, ya zama babban sakatare na dindindin a Ma’aikatar Raya Karkara da Kungiyar Kwadago.