Jama Mohamed Ghalib
Jama Mohamed Ghalib was a Somali writer, military leader, police chief and politician from Erigavo, Somalia. 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.Ghalib, a politician from the north who believed in union with Somalia, was briefly detained by Somaliland authorities in August 2003. This resulted in a brief exchange of gunfire.
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.