Mohamed Gelle Kahiye

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Mohamed Gelle Kahiye
محمد جيلي كاهئي
AllegianceSomalia Transitional Federal Government
Service/branchSomali National Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldChief of Army

Mohamed Gelle Kahiye (Somali: Maxamed Geele Kahiiye, Arabic: محمد جيلي كاهئي) is a Somali military official.

Biography[edit]

Kahiye previously served as a colonel in the Somali National Army. After the start of the civil war in Somalia, he moved to Germany, where he worked as an assistant manager at McDonald's.[1]

Kahiye subsequently returned to Somalia, and was appointed Chief of Army on 6 December 2009 by the Transitional Federal Government.[2][3] He was later dismissed along with other top commanders on 6 September 2010.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Somali Airport is Attacked With U.N. Team On Premises
  2. ^ "Somalia fires heads of police force and military". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28.
  3. ^ Somalia: Former army chiefs hand over power[dead link]
  4. ^ Somali president fires top commanders