In 2016, he was replaced as the Inspector-General of Police, having been appointed in 2013 by the then president, John Dramani Mahama.
This was the last known public service portfolio of Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, who rose through the ranks to become a police chief, one of the few Muslims to rise to the upper echelons of the professional policing ladder.
Mohammed Alhassan is back in public service, again on the appointment of John Dramani Mahama, the current president, who has elected him as the former IGP representative on the recently inaugurated Council of State.
The Mahama II Council of State is headed by former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, who was also the speaker during the 6th Parliament when Mahama was president.
At iqratoday.com, we republish a profile of the former IGP as curated from myjoyonline.com.
Who is Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan?
Born in Accra, Ghana on 21 January 1954, Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan did his early schooling at St. Martins Secondary School and T.I Ahamadiyya Secondary School.
Later he did his graduation from the University of Ghana, Legon, in 1979 and then obtained his Masters in Police Administration and Criminology from the University College of Cardiff, United Kingdom, in 1984.
Starting his professional career as a High School teacher in 1974, he later joined the Ghana Police Training School as an Instructor in 1979.
Later he served as Special Assistant to the Regional Minister (Security Affairs) from 1982-1983.
The teacher policeman was also a part-time lecturer (Police Administration) at the University of Ghana from 1987-1989 after which he was Visiting Lecturer at the Armed Forces Staff College, Accra from 1998-1999.
Mr. Alhassan held various Command Positions in the Ghana Police Service, starting as an Assistant Staff Officer to Inspector-General of Police from 1981-1982 which was followed by a stint as Staff Instructor at Ghana Police College from 1984 to 1985.
In 1985 he became the District Commander of Police, Tesano, followed by two more postings as District Commander of Police Adabraka and Suame.
By 1991 he was Divisional Commander of Police Nkawkaw and then Hohoe. By 1994 he had risen to become Regional Commander of Police, Tema.
His career with the United Nations started in 1989 as Station Commander, UNCIVPOL/Khorixas, Namibia(UNTAG).The same year he became District Commander, UNCIVPOL/Otwijarango, Namibia(UNTAG).
In 1997 he joined UNMIBH as PoliceMonitor, IPTF, and then became IPTF Weapons Inspector at Siroki Brijeg/Mostar. In 1999 he joined the UN headquarters in New York as a Civilian Police Officer.
He was the Deputy Commissioner of Civpol at UNMIL from 2003 until March 2005 when he was promoted as the Civilian Police Commissioner. Alhassan specialises in community policing and has also written on the subject.
He is married and has three children.
Monrovia, Liberia – The Commissioner of the United Nations Police in Liberia, Mr. Mohammed Alhassan has decorated 120 Jordanian Formed Police Unit (FPU) officers serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia with UN medals, praising them for playing a significant role in the peace building process in Liberia.
Mr. Alhassan also lauded the Jordanian police officers for upholding the core values of the UN Police. “These officers have been good ambassadors of their country and worthy officers of the UN Police,” he pointed out, adding that “wherever they are deployed, they have served with compassion, respect, integrity and excellence.”
The UN Police Commissioner commended the respect of the Jordanian peacekeepers for cultural diversity in a multicultural environment. Mr. Alhassan noted that since their arrival in Liberia in November 2003, the Jordanian Formed Police Unit have been contributing to the capacity and institutional development of the Liberia National Police by monitoring, mentoring and training the Liberian police, as well as supporting crime prevention and disorder control.
He urged the Jordanian peacekeepers to continue to discharge their duties to the best of their ability.He told them to “always endeavour to go the extra mile in our collective efforts to build the peace in Liberia,” and reminded them “to refrain from any conduct that is capable of bringing the UN Police and UNMIL to disrepute.”
The Jordanian FPU Commander Major Ibraheem Bani Yaseen expressed his country’s commitment to the peace and stability of Liberia.
“In Jordan, we believe in and work for peace; we are here today, hand-in-hand with other contingents to help our Liberian friends to live in peace”, he said.