Mohamed Isse Lacle

Eng Mohamed Isse Ali
محمد عيسى علي
Colonel Mohamed Isse Lacle
Deputy Minister of Ministry of Maritime Transport and Fishery Puntland
In office
2004–2005
Deputy Minister of Ministry of Marine Transport, Ports and Counter Piracy Puntland
In office
2009–2014
Personal details
Born(1956-07-07)7 July 1956
Las Anod, British Somaliland (now Somalia)
NationalitySomali
Political party XHKS (c. 1975–1991)
Alma materSomaliaSomali National University
Soviet UnionMilitary Engineering-Technical University
United StatesNaval War College
Awards Navy Forces Officer Medal
NicknameCol. Lacle (Ganaje)
Military service
AllegianceSomali National Army
Branch/service
Years of service1975-1991
2020-Present
Rank Colonel
Battles/warsExercise 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 the Technical Maritime Intermediate School of the National Somali Navy 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 broke. He holds the rank of naval captain. He currently resides in Garoe, the capital of Puntland.