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Jama Mohamed Ghalib
جامع محمد غالب
Minister of Interior of the Somali Democratic Republic
In office
1974–1984
Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic
Vice chairman of Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
Personal details
Born(1933-01-02)2 January 1933
Erigavo, British Somaliland
Died26 April 2022(2022-04-26) (aged 89)
Djibouti
Resting placeHargeisa, Somaliland
Children9

Jama Mohamed Ghalib (Somali: Jaamac Maxamed Ghalib, Arabic: جامع محمد غالب; 2 January 1933 – 26 April 2022) was a Somali writer, military leader, police chief and politician from Erigavo, Somaliland. He was a leading figure of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia.

Life and career

Ghalib hailed from the Eidagale clan of the Isaaq clan family. He was a major general in the army of the Somali Republic, and was later appointed the Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic. Ghalib also held various ministerial and cabinet positions in the government of Somalia, including Secretary of Interior, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Minister of Transportation, and Minister of Interior from 1974 to 1984.

After his retirement from politics, Jama wrote on Somali history. He taught history, political science and public administration at universities in Mogadisho, including City University, Mogadisho.

During the Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia, Jama served as one of the two vice chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, the principal insurgent political opposition.

Ghalib died in Djibouti on 26 April 2022, at the age of 89.

Books

References

  1. "Taarikhda". 3 April 2021.
  2. "Taarikhda Jama qaalib". 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook: Supplement. Gale Research Company. 1983. p. 80. ISBN 9780810311206. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. Markakis, John (2007). "Book review". Review of African Political Economy. 23 (70): 581–583. doi:10.1080/03056249608704233.
  5. Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.), Directorate of Intelligence (1976). Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The Center. p. 60. Retrieved 8 May 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  8. Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji; Castagno, Margaret (2003). Historical dictionary of Somalia (New ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4344-7.
  9. ^ "Jama Ghalib". Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  10. "College of Humanities & Social Sciences". City University of Mogadishu. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  11. Dagne, Ted (31 August 2011). "Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace" (PDF). www.everycrsreport.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  12. "Died In Djibouti". 27 April 2022.
  13. "Jamac maxamed qaalib". October 2020.

External links

Media related to Jama ghalib at Wikimedia Commons

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