Bashir Mohamed Jama

Bashir Mohamed Jama
بشير محمد جامع
Lieutenant General; Bashir Mohamed Jama ; بشير محمد جامع
Director-General of the Somali Agency for Construction and Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 August 2019
Prime Minister	Hassan Ali Kheyre
Chief of the Somali Custodial Corps
	In office; 19 February 2018 – 22 August 2019
Prime Minister	Hassan Ali Kheyre
Preceded by	Hussein Hassan Osman
Succeeded by	Mahad Abdirahman Aden
Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency
	In office; 8 May 2013 – 9 July 2014
Prime Minister	Abdi Farah Shirdon; Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Preceded by	Abdikarin Dahir
Succeeded by	Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Military service
Allegiance	Somalia
Branch/service	Custodial Corps
Years of service	1975-1991 ; 2000-2013
Rank	Lieutenant General

Bashir Mohamed Jama "Gobe" (Somali: Bashiir Maxamed Xasan Jaamac, Arabic: بشير محمد جامع‎) is a politician and former Somali Armed Forces officer. He is currently the Director-General of the Somali Agency for Construction and Development.[1] He served twice as the Chief of the Somali Custodial Corps and also served as the Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency from 2013 to 2014. He received the highest rank of Lieutenant General and served as the only Lieutenant General since the former Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Samatar retired in 1991.

Career

Jama hails from one of the country's ethnic minority groups (Beesha Shanaad).[2]

He served in Somali Police since 1975 until 1991, and from 2000 until 2013. Before that, he was the Director of the Somali Ministry of Interior before serving as Deputy Minister of Somali Social Development.

Beginning in August 2012, he began serving as an MP in the House of the People or Lower House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.[2]

In May 2013, Jama was appointed the new Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in place of Abdikarin Dahir.[3]

On 9 July 2014, following a security reform, Jama was replaced as intelligence chief with Abdullahi Mohamed Ali.[4]

References

Xoroow, Cabdulaahi Cali. "Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Oo xil u Magacaabay Taliyihii hore ee Ciidanka Asluubta | Radio Hiranweyn Somalia latest news". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
"Office of the Somali Parliament". Office of the Somali Parliament. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
"Somalia: New Intelligence Boss Takes Office". Garsoor News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
"SOMALIA: President Hassan Sheikh names new Intelligence Chief". Horseed Media. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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[1] Xoroow, Cabdulaahi Cali. "Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Oo xil u Magacaabay Taliyihii hore ee Ciidanka Asluubta | Radio Hiranweyn Somalia latest news". Retrieved 2020-05-24.

[Softsp-2] "Office of the Somali Parliament". Office of the Somali Parliament. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

[Gsnibto-3] "Somalia: New Intelligence Boss Takes Office". Garsoor News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

[Sphsnnic-4] "SOMALIA: President Hassan Sheikh names new Intelligence Chief". Horseed Media. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.