Chief of the Navy (Somalia)

Chief of the Navy
Chief of the Navy
Taliyaha Ciidanka Badda Soomaaliyeed
	Coat of arms of the Somali Navy
	Ensign of the Navy
	Incumbent; Commodore Admiral Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir; since June 2020
	Ministry of Defense and Somali Armed Forces
Style	Jaale
Member of	Ministry of Defense
Reports to	Prime Minister of Somalia Minister of Defence (Somalia) Chief of Armed Forces; ;
Appointer	Chief of Armed Forces
Formation	1965
First holder	Vice Admiral Mohammed Omar Osman

The Chief of the Navy (Somali: Taaliyaha Ciidamada Badda Somaaliyeed) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Somali Navy, and is under the Chief of Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence (Somalia). The current Chief of the Navy is Commodore Admiral Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir.

Chiefs of the Navy

Somali Republic and Somali Democratic Republic (1960-1991)

No.	Portrait	Chief of Staff of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Osman, Mohammed OmarJaale Vice Admiral Mohammed Omar Osman (born 1940)	circa. 1975	1991	16 years	^[1]

Transitional Government and Federal Republic of Somalia (2012 - present)

No.	Chief of Staff of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1	Qare, FarahRear Admiral Farah Qare	?	?	?	^[2]
2	Ufurow, MadeeyCommodore Admiral Madeey Ufurow	?	?	?	^[3]
3	Nur, HassanCommodore Admiral Hassan Nur	?	December 2018	?	^[4]
4	Ali, Abaas AmiinRear Admiral Abaas Amiin Ali	December 2018	June 2020	1 year, 6 months	^[4]^[5]
5	Dirir, Abdihamid MohamedCommodore Admiral Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir	June 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 5 months

References

^ "Admiral of the Desert – Muhammad Omar Osman and the Ogadeni Rebellion | Aberfoyle International Security".
^ "Admiral Faarax Qare "Soomaaliya Waxay ku Waayeysaa 97% xuquuqdeeda Badda ay haysato hadda, Haddii la tirtiro Law no. 37"". somalitalk.com.
^ "Somalia: Somali Navy Vows to Eradicate Illegal Fishing - Commander". 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Somali leader makes military changes to curb rising insecurity". xinhuanet.com. Xinhua News. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ "Taliyeyaasha ciidamada dhulka iyo Badda oo xilalkooda ku kala wareegay+Sawirro". 29 June 2020.

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[1] "Admiral of the Desert – Muhammad Omar Osman and the Ogadeni Rebellion | Aberfoyle International Security".

[2] "Admiral Faarax Qare "Soomaaliya Waxay ku Waayeysaa 97% xuquuqdeeda Badda ay haysato hadda, Haddii la tirtiro Law no. 37"". somalitalk.com.

[3] "Somalia: Somali Navy Vows to Eradicate Illegal Fishing - Commander". 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[xinhuanet-4] "Somali leader makes military changes to curb rising insecurity". xinhuanet.com. Xinhua News. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[5] "Taliyeyaasha ciidamada dhulka iyo Badda oo xilalkooda ku kala wareegay+Sawirro". 29 June 2020.

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