Eng. Mohamed Isse Ali ( so, Maxamed Ciise Cali, ar, محمد عيسى علي) (born in 1956), also known as Col. Mohamed Isse Ganaje, is a Somali

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

, Navy commander, and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. Lacle has extensive experience in

naval warfare Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large la ...

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

and

mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects r ...

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

and

diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

. He has taught subjects in naval warfare and engineering in the Technical Maritime Intermediate School of the National

Somali Navy The Somali Navy ( so, Ciidamada Badda Soomaaliyeed, ar, القوات البحرية الصومالية ''Al-Quwwat al-Bahriyah as-Sumaliyah'') is the naval warfare service branch of the Somali Armed Forces. During the post-independence period, t ...

and served as 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 The Somali Civil War ( so, Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; ar, الحرب الأهلية الصومالية ) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the Military dictatorship, military junta wh ...

broke. He holds the rank of naval captain. He currently resides in Garoe, the capital of Puntland.

Personal life

Lacle was born in 1956 in Las Anod, Somaliland. He attended Las Anod Intermediate School and Sheikh Secondary School in

Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

, situated in the northwestern Togdheer province of present-day

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

. 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 The Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University (Nikolaevsky) (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Военный инженерно-технический университет, VITU), previously known as the Saint Pet ...

, at that time known as Leningrad Naval Engineering Academy in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, and he graduated with honors, with a

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

degree in

electromechanics In engineering, electromechanics combines processes and procedures drawn from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Electromechanics focuses on the interaction of electrical and mechanical systems as a whole and how the two systems ...

. Lacle attended the

Coast Guard Academy The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is a service academy of the United States Coast Guard in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1876, it is the smallest of the five U.S. service academies and provides education to future Coast Gu ...

and later Naval War College on Faculty Command in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

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

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 The Defense Language Institute (DLI) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) educational and research institution consisting of two separate entities which provide linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense, other f ...

Career

Somali Navy

From 1982 to 1983 Eng. Lacle worked at the Technical Maritime Intermediate School of National

as he was the general director of the school as well as a lecturer. Follows the command position in Somali Navy

Berbera Berbera (; so, Barbara, ar, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. It ...

Navy Base from 1982 to 1983 as he was assigned there as Health, Safety, and Environmental Protection Officer. In 1987 Lacle was assigned to Deputy of the Head of Engineering Department of the Somali Navy Mogadishu Headquarters and he was active in that position until 1991 when the

broke.

Mutuwa Marine Works

Eng. Lacle started working in 1992 at a

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

Company as a Chief Engineer in Mutawa Marine Works.

Puntland

From 2004 to 2005 Eng. Lacle was appointed by the President Mohamud Muse Hersi as the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Maritime Transport and Fishery and be unassigned after changes being made by the President. In 2009 after

Abdirahman Mohamud Farole Abdirahman Mohamud Farole ( so, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamuud Faroole; ar, عبد الرحمن محمد; born 1945) is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s a ...

was elected as the new President of Puntland State he was assigned as the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Marine Transport, Ports and Counter Piracy and remained in his position until the term of presidency ended for Mr.

in 2014, and he is one of the most senior members of the

Horseed (political party) Horseed (, ) is a political party based in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia. Overview On 14 November 2012, President of Putnland Abdirahman Farole announced the launching of his new poli ...

of his fellow friend and the President of the Political Party and the State of Puntland Mr.

. Eng. Lacle was playing an important role in both counter piracy and Maritime in Puntland, as he was the Puntland official that participated in international conferences against

Piracy in Somalia Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding areas and has a long and troubled history with different perspectives from different communities. I ...

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

the Maritime Security and Anti Piracy Workshop which he was the representative in the workshop for Puntland, also Eng. Lacle participated number of developments taken by the Ministry in his period from the development of the Port of Bosaso and developing technical schools for the community.

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