Ibrahim Egal

Mohammed H. Ibrahim Egal

Term of Office:	March 3, 1948-May 3, 1960
Predecessor:	Abdurahman Ali Tur
Successor:	Dahir Riyale Kahin
Date of Birth:	August 15, 1928
Place of Birth:	Oodweyne , British Somaliland
Date of Death:	May 3, 2002
Place of Death:	Pretoria, South Africa
First Lady:	Kaltun Haji Deria
Vice President:	Dahir Riyale Kahin
Political party:	Somali National Movement

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (Somali : Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal) (1928-2002) was a Somali politician.

August 15, 1928 : Born in Odweina (now Oodweyne ) to Haji Ibrahim Egal and Khadija Mohamed Osman. He completed his primary, intermediate, and secondary education in the former British Somaliland and then went to Britain for further studies where he stayed from 1950 to 1954.

1956 : He became the Berbera branch secretary of the Somali National League Party . Later in 1958, he became the Secretary General of the Party.

June 26, 1960 : When Somaliland gained independence, Egal became prime minister. Italian Somali territory became independent four days later on July 1 and the two countries united to form Somalia.

1960 : He became defense minister.

1962 : He was appointed as education minister .

October 1962 : He led a delegation to London to negotiate the NFD problem with British leaders. His delegation persuaded and obtained from the British Government a referendum in the Northern Frontier District (NFD). In the same period, he led another delegation to Kenya to organize the referendum which found 83% in favour of joining with the Somali Republic.

1963 : He resigned from the cabinet and formed an opposition party. He was against the severing of diplomatic ties with the UK on the question of NFD. He formed the Somali National Congress Party and remained the leader of the Parliament Opposition until 1965.

October 1966 : He joined the Somali Youth League Party .

1967 : He was again appointed as prime minister and foreign minister.

October 21, 1969 : Mohamed Siad Barre deposed the civilian government in a coup. Egal was jailed soon afterwards by the new military government. Egal was kept in jail until October 1975.

July 1976 : He was appointed as Ambassador to India.

1976 : He was again arrested.

February 1982 : Soon after his release, he was appointed as chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

1993 : He was elected as president of Somaliland in a national conference held in Borama.

May 1995 : His presidential mandate was extended for 18 months.

February 23, 1997 : He was reelected for a new five-year term.

December 2001 : The house of elders extended his term for one more year.

April 24, 2002 : He was taken to South Africa for medical treatment where few days later he underwent medical tests.

May 3, 2002 : He died in a military hospital of Pretoria after undergoing a surgery.

May 6, 2002 : His body was flown home arriving at Berbera at 7:15 AM. The president was buried, according to his wishes, next to the grave of his father.