Asha Saeed Abby This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. HORSEED ONLINE NEWSPAPER

   www.horseed.com/2001/jun/41.ht - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/24/2001   Last Visited: 8/5/2002

   His Honorable Excellency Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal; senior Somaliland Politicain was born in 1928, son of Haji Ibrahim Egal and Hajia Khadija Mohamed Osman; married Asha Saeed Abby in 1946 with three sons and two daughters.
   
   Educated Koranic School, Sheikh intermediate School, and higher education in the United Kingdom; in 1956 he became the Secretary of Somali National League (SNL) Party at Berbera branch; then Secretary General of Somali National League (SNL) Party in 1958 – 1960.
   
   Prime Minister of Somaliland in 1960; after the former British Somaliland Protectorate which merged with the former Italian Somalia and formed Somali Republic. He became Minister of Defence of the former Somali Republic in 1960 – 1962, Minister of Education in 1962 – 1963; resigned from the cabinet in 1963.
   
   Then formed Somali National Congress (SNC) Party in 1963; reelected to parliament in March 1964; Leader of Parliament Opposition 1963 – 1965; resigned the leadership from the Parliament Oppostion in 1965; became member of Somali Youth League (SYL) Party in 1966; Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs, of former Somali Republic in 1967 – 1969; in detention following military coup in October 1969, released October 1975; appointed Ambassador to India in July 1976, rearrested in October 1976, released in February 1982; appointed Chairman: Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.
   
   Elected as a President of the Republic of Somaliland in May 1993, due to the state of national emergency he stay on in power until 1997, re-elected in early 1998 for five more years in the office until June 2002, President offered to resign in 1998, but the parliament refused to accept his resignation.
   
   Egal now married Kaltun Haji Deria (The First Lady). His Excellency speaks fluently Somali, Arabic and English; Leisure
   
   Interests : golf, reading and films.
   
   Here are some of his the most an emotional and highly speeches, Interviews and Press conferences :-