Obituary: Col. Osman Mohamed Jeelle, former Mogadishu mayor and Somali National Army veteran, dies at 85

[Deeq A.]

MELBOURNE, Australia (HOL) - Col. Osman Mohamed Jeelle, a former mayor of Mogadishu and notable member of Somalia's Supreme Revolutionary Council, died Thursday in Melbourne, Australia. Born in 1938 near Afgoye Badi-Adde, a village in the Jalalaqsi District of Hiiraan Region, Col. Osman had a long career that began with a scholarship from the Egyptian Government and ended in a lifetime of public service.

Source: Hiiraan Online