Mohamed Gelle Kahiye

Mohamed Gelle Kahiye
محمد جيلي كاهئي
Allegiance Somalia Transitional Federal Government
Service/branch Somali National Army
Rank General
Commands held Chief of Army

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

Biography

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

  1. ↑ Somali Airport is Attacked With U.N. Team On Premises
  2. ↑ Somalia fires heads of police force and military
  3. ↑ Somalia: Former army chiefs hand over power
  4. ↑ Somali president fires top commanders
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