Eng Mohamed Isse Ali محمد عيسى علي |
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Colonel Mohamed Isse Lacle
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Deputy Minister of Ministry of Maritime Transport and Fishery Puntland | |
In office 2004–2005 |
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Deputy Minister of Ministry of Marine Transport, Ports and Counter Piracy Puntland | |
In office 2009–2014 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Las Anod, British Somalia |
7 July 1956
Nationality | Somali |
Political party | |
Alma mater |
Somali National University Naval War College Military Engineering-Technical University |
Military service | |
Nickname(s) | Col. Lacle (Ganaje) |
Allegiance | Somali National Army |
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Years of service | 1975-1991 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Exercise Bright Star |
Eng. Mohamed Isse Ali (Somali: Maxamed Ciise Cali, Arabic: محمد عيسى علي) (born in 1956), also known as Col. Mohamed Isse Ganaje, is a Somali Engineer, Navy Commander, and Politician. Lacle has extensive experience in Naval Warfare, Electricity and Mechanics, Politics and Diplomacy. He has taught Subjects in Naval Warfare and Engineering in Technical Maritime Intermediate School of National Somali Navy as well he was the director from 1981 to 1982. He served in the Somali Navy from 1975 to 1991 and held several commanding positions at his time before the Somali Civil War broke, he holds the rank of Colonel. He currently resides in Garoe the Capital of Puntland.
Lacle was born in 1956 in Las Anod, North Somalia. He attended Las Anod Intermediate School and Sheikh Secondary School in Sheikh, situated in the northwestern Togdheer province of present-day Somaliland. He studied in Somali National University and graduated with honors, with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. Lacle received a scholarship to attend Military Engineering-Technical University at that time known as Leningrad Naval Engineering Academy in Leningrad and he graduated with honors, with a Master of Science degree in Electromechanics. Lacle attended the Coast Guard Academy and later Naval War College on Faculty Command in the United States and wrote his dissertation about Soviet Somali Policy. Lacle later wrote and defended his dissertation to fulfill the requirements for Masters in Strategy, National Security and Decision Making. he also attended several Naval Institutes in the United States for number of courses Master Diesel Course at National Training Center Great Lakes, Engineering Officer of the Watch at Surface Warfare Officers School and Defense Language Institute in United States.