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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,² and was later appointed the Police Commissioner of the Somali Democratic Republic.³ Ghalib also held various ministerial and cabinet positions in the government of Somalia, including Secretary of Interior,⁴ Minister of Labor and Social Affairs,⁵ Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,⁶ Minister of Transportation,⁷ and Minister of Interior from 1974 to 1984.⁸

After his retirement from politics, Jama wrote on Somali history.⁹ He taught history, political science and public administration at universities in Mogadisho, including City University, Mogadisho.¹⁰

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.¹¹

Ghalib died in Djibouti on 26 April 2022, at the age of 89.¹²¹³

Books

• Somali Phoenix
• The Cost of Dictatorship: The Somali Experience
• Who is a Terrorist?¹⁴ (First & Second Edition 2002 & 2005, respectively).
• Defending History¹⁵ which was published in 2005
• Taariikhda Soomaaliya Xog-ogaalnimo in 2020

External links

Media related to Jama ghalib at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Taarikhda Jama qaalib". 3 April 2021. https://www.bbc.com/somali/war-56626441.amp ↩

2. Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook: Supplement. Gale Research Company. 1983. p. 80. ISBN 9780810311206. Retrieved 8 May 2018. 9780810311206 ↩

3. Markakis, John (2007). "Book review". Review of African Political Economy. 23 (70): 581–583. doi:10.1080/03056249608704233. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

4. 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) https://books.google.com/books?id=Zrqo29EfVYwC ↩

5. 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) 978-0810310391 ↩

6. 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) https://books.google.com/books?id=hPo8Pv4rFgsC ↩

7. Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook: Supplement. Gale Research Company. 1983. p. 80. ISBN 9780810311206. Retrieved 8 May 2018. 9780810311206 ↩

8. Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji; Castagno, Margaret (2003). Historical dictionary of Somalia (New ed.). Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4344-7. 0-8108-4344-7 ↩

9. "Jama Ghalib". Retrieved 2019-06-23. http://www.jamaghalib.com/ ↩

10. "College of Humanities & Social Sciences". City University of Mogadishu. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2019-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20220811082445/http://www.cu.edu.so/college-of-humanities--social-sciences1.html ↩

11. Dagne, Ted (31 August 2011). "Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace" (PDF). www.everycrsreport.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25. https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20110831_RL33911_800faaedc5cd90946a7d1ca2fd2fb4882c1dafc8.pdf ↩

12. "Died In Djibouti". 27 April 2022. https://www.somalidispatch.com/featured/jama-qalib-the-most-influential-somali-since-independence-dies-in-djibouti/ ↩

13. "Jamac maxamed qaalib". October 2020. https://www.araweelonews.com/qalinleyda-qoraaladda/gorfayn-buugga-taariikhda-soomaalida-ee-uu-qoray-jaamac-maxamed-qaalib-2020/ ↩

14. "Jama Ghalib". Retrieved 2019-06-23. http://www.jamaghalib.com/ ↩

15. "Jama Ghalib". Retrieved 2019-06-23. http://www.jamaghalib.com/ ↩