Dahir Adan Elmi ضاهر عدن علمي | |
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Allegiance | Federal Government of Somalia |
Service/branch | Somali National Army |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Chief of Army |
General Dahir Adan Elmi (Somali language: Daahir Aadan Elmi , Arabic language: ضاهر عدن علمي), also known as Dahir Aden Indha Qarshe, is a Somali military official. He is the current Chief of Army in the Federal Government of Somalia.
Career[]
Ogaden campaign[]
Under the command of Col. Ali Hussein, Elmi led armored Somali National Army (SNA) battalions in the Qabri Dahare Front during the late 1970s Ogaden campaign.[1] Qabri Dahare was the second city to fall during the offensive. The war was part of a broader SNA plan to unite all of the Somali-inhabited territories in the Horn region into a Greater Somalia (Soomaaliweyn).[2]
Upon successful capture of Qabri Dahare in July 1977, the then Major Dahir Aden Indha Qarshe continued to be part of important northern fronts leading armored battalions in the Northern Front under the command of the 26th Division.[3]
Chief of Army[]
On 13 March 2013, Elmi was appointed Chief of Army at a transfer ceremony in Mogadishu, where he replaced General Abdulkadir Sheikh Dini. Abdirisaq Khalif Hussein serves as Elmi's new deputy army chief.[4]
Notes[]
- ↑ Ahmed III, Abdul. "Brothers in Arms Part II". WardheerNews. http://wardheernews.com/Articles_2011/Nov/Brothers_%20Part_II_Abdul.pdf. Retrieved 17 March 2013..
- ↑ Lewis, I.M.; The Royal African Society (October 1989). "The Ogaden and the Fragility of Somali Segmentary Nationalism". http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/723037?uid=3739936&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101349584461. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ Ahmed III, Abdul. "Brothers in Arms Part II". WardheerNews. http://wardheernews.com/Articles_2011/Nov/Brothers_%20Part_II_Abdul.pdf. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Somalia changes its top military commanders". 13 March 2013. http://shabelle.net/somalia-changes-its-top-military-commanders/. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
References[]
- Ahmed III, Abdul. "Brothers in Arms Part II". WardheerNews. http://wardheernews.com/Articles_2011/Nov/Brothers_%20Part_II_Abdul.pdf. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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