Osman Omar Wehliye Explained

Osman Omar Wehliye ًعثمان عمر ًآةآلئيآ
Office:	Chief of the Somali Police Force Interim
Term Start:	30 October 2014
Term End:	30 April 2015
Primeminister:	Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Predecessor:	Mohamed Sheikh Ismail
Successor:	Mohamed Sheikh Hassan
Office2:	Commissioner of the Somali Police Force
Term Start2:	16 March 2011
Term End2:	30 October 2014
Primeminister2:	Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Abdi Farah Shirdon Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Predecessor2:	Ali Hassan Mohamed
Party:	Independent

General Osman Omar Wehliye "Gas-Gas" (so|Cismaan Cumaar Wehliye, ar|ًعثمان عمر ًآةآلئيآ) is a Somali military commander.

Career

From March 2011 to October 2014, Wehliye served as the Commissioner of the Somali Police Force.^{[1] [2]}

On 30 October 2014, he was appointed Interim Police Chief by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, following the sudden death of former Police Chief Mohamed Sheikh Ismail.^[3] Wehliye's term as Police Commissioner ended on 30 April 2015, when Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke appointed Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as the permanent Chief of Police.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Somalia:New Police Commander Takes Office. Abdiaziz Guled. Suna Times. March 16, 2011. March 16, 2011.
2. News: Somali gov’t warns Somali elderly men fighting along Al shabaab. https://archive.today/20110723071446/http://shabelle.net/article.php?id=4577. usurped. July 23, 2011. Sh. M. Network. March 16, 2011. March 16, 2011.
3. News: Abdiwali Sheekh appoints Osman Gasgas as the Interim Police Chief. 31 October 2014. Goobjoog. 30 October 2014.
4. News: Somalia government appoints new Police Commissioner. 1 May 2015. SomaliCurrent. 30 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150502211313/http://www.somalicurrent.com/2015/04/30/somalia-government-appoints-new-police-commissioner/. 2 May 2015. dead.