General Osman Omar Wehliye "Gas-Gas" (, ) is a Somali military commander.

Career

From March 2011 to October 2014, Wehliye served as the Commissioner of the

Somali Police Force The Somali Police Force (SPF; (CBS); ) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Somalia. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safe ...

. On 30 October 2014, he was appointed Interim Police Chief by Prime Minister

Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (, ; born 1959), also known as Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad, is a Somali economist and politician. He has held leadership positions with various international organizations, including the World Bank, USAID, African Union ...

, following the sudden death of former Police Chief

Mohamed Sheikh Ismail Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh Ismail (, ) was a Somali military commander. He served as the Chief of the Somali Police Force from July to October 2014. Career On 9 July 2014, Ismail was appointed Chief of the Somali Police Force by Prime Minis ...

. Wehliye's term as Police Commissioner ended on 30 April 2015, when Prime Minister

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (; , ) (born 18 June 1960), popularly known as Omar Sharmarke, is a Somali diplomat and politician. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Prime Minister of Somalia. He subsequently briefly served as Somalia Somalia, ...

appointed

Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud (, ) is a Somali politician. He is the former Chief of the Somali Police Force. Career Hassan hails from the Rahanweyn clan. From January 2014 to January 2015, he served as the Minister of Defence of Somalia, having b ...

as the permanent Chief of Police.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Somalian police chiefs {{Somalia-bio-stub