Jama mohamed ghalib biography sample paper

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.^[2] 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,^[3] and was later appointed the Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic.^[4] Ghalib also held various ministerial and cabinet positions in the government of Somalia, including Secretary of Interior,^[5] Minister of Labor and Social Affairs,^[6] Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,^[7] Minister of Transportation,^[3] and Minister of Interior from 1974 to 1984.^[8]

After his retirement from politics, Jama wrote on Somali history.^[9] He