Ali Ismail Yacqub
Minister of Defence
In office
1961–1969
PresidentAden Adde
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born1930 (1930)
Burao, Togdheer, Somaliland
Political partySomali National League
ProfessionSheikh
Politician
Lawyer

Sheikh Ali Ismail Yacqub (Somali: Cali Ismaaciil Yacquub; born 1930) is a Somali former politician, who served as the first Minister of Defence of the Somali Republic; he also served as the Deputy Minister of Justice.[1][2]

Sheikh Ali was an influential member of the Somali National League, the party that dominated the former Somaliland Protectorate's politics. In 1960 he was elected MP from the Burao district representing the Rer Ainanshe, that same year he was appointed as Minister of Defence of the newly formed Somali Republic. The following year he led a delegation to Egypt and was a state guest of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, with whom he discussed military co-operation.[3][4] In 1961 he ordered cross border raids into Ethiopia that destroyed several of their bases near the border. These skirmishes would later escalate and lead to the 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War.[5]

See also

References

  1. Ibrahim, A. A. (2006). Taxanaha taariikhda Soomaaliya. United Kingdom: Xildhiban.
  2. The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of All Nations. (2016). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK.pp.1390
  3. Mohammed Farah Aidid and His Vision of Somalia. (1994). India: Vikas Publishing House.pp.33
  4. Minbar Al-Islam. (1962). Egypt: Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Ministry of Waqfs.pp.8
  5. Africa. (1961). United Kingdom: Africa.
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