Mohamed Gelle Kahiye Explained

Mohamed Gelle Kahiye محمد جيلي كاهئي
Allegiance:	Transitional Federal Government
Rank:	General
Branch:	Somali National Army
Commands:	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]

Notes and References

http://www.warsheekh.com/view.php?id=8445 Somali Airport is Attacked With U.N. Team On Premises
Web site: Somalia fires heads of police force and military . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230628052309/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-conflict-idUSTRE5B50ZH20091206 . 2023-06-28 . live .
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=14554&tirsan=3 Somalia: Former army chiefs hand over power
http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2010/Sept/15835/somali_president_fires_top_commanders.aspx Somali president fires top commanders