Jama Mohamed Ghalib  جامع محمد غالب  | |
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| Minister of Interior of the Somali Democratic Republic | |
| Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1933[1] Erigavo, British Somaliland  | 
| Died | April 26, 2022 (aged 88–89)[2][3] Djibouti, Djibouti[4]  | 
| Resting place | Hargeisa, Somaliland | 
| Children | 9 | 
Jama Mohamed Ghalib (Somali: Jaamac Maxamed Ghalib, Arabic: جامع محمد غالب) was a Somali writer, former military leader and police chief, and politician from Erigavo, Somaliland.[5]He hails from the Eidagale subdivision of Garhajis of the larger Isaaq Somali clan.
He was a major general in the army of the Somali Republic,[6] and was later appointed the Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic.[7] Ghalib also held various ministerial and cabinet positions in the government of Somalia, including Secretary of Interior,[8] Minister of Labor and Social Affairs,[9] Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,[10] Minister of Transportation,[6] and Minister of Interior.[7]
After his retirement from politics, Jama wrote on Somali history.[11] He taught history, political science and public administration at universities in Mogadisho, including City University, Mogadisho.[12]


Books
- Somali Phoenix
 - The Cost of Dictatorship: The Somali Experience
 - Who is a Terrorist?[11] (First & Second Edition 2002 & 2005, respectively).
 - Defending History,[11] which was published in 2005.
 
References
- ↑ "Taarikhda". 3 April 2021.
 - ↑ "Died In Djibouti". 27 April 2022.
 - ↑ "Jamac maxamed qaalib". October 2020.
 - ↑ "Died in Djibouti". 27 April 2022.
 - ↑ "Taarikhda Jama qaalib". 3 April 2021.
 - 1 2 Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook: Supplement. Gale Research Company. 1983. p. 80. ISBN 9780810311206. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
 - 1 2 Markakis, John (2007). "Book review". Review of African Political Economy. 23 (70): 581–583. doi:10.1080/03056249608704233.
 - ↑  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) - ↑  US Department of State, Office of Media Services, Central Intelligence Agency (1978). Countries of the world and their leaders. Gale Research Co. p. 60. ISBN 978-0810310391. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑  Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.), Directorate of Intelligence (1981). Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. The Center. p. 77. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 3 "Jama Ghalib". Retrieved 2019-06-23.
 - ↑ "College of Humanities & Social Sciences". City University of Mogadishu. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
 
