Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud محمد الشيخ حسن | |
Office: | Chief of the Somali Police Force |
Term Start: | 30 April 2015 |
Term End: | 5 April 2017 |
Primeminister: | Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke |
Predecessor: | Osman Omar Wehliye |
Successor: | Abdihakim Dahir Said |
Office1: | Minister of Defence of Somalia |
Term Start1: | 17 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 27 January 2015 |
Primeminister1: | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed |
Predecessor1: | Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi |
Successor1: | Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini |
Party: | Independent |
Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud (Somali: Maxamed Sheekh Xasan Hamud, Arabic: محمد الشيخ حسن) is a Somali politician. He is the former Chief of the Somali Police Force.
Hassan hails from the Rahanweyn clan.[1]
From January 2014 to January 2015, he served as the Minister of Defence of Somalia, having been named to the position by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed.[2] Hassan was succeeded at the office by Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini, who was appointed by new Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.[3]
On 20 April 2015, Hassan was appointed the new Chief of the Somali Police Force by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. He succeeded Osman Omar Wehliye at the position, who had served as interim Police Commissioner after the death of Mohamed Sheikh Ismail.[4]