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Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal

2nd president of Somaliland (1993–2002)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Muhammad, and not as Haji Ibrahim Egal.

Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal

Egal in 1968

In office
May 16, 1993 – May 3, 2002
Vice PresidentAbdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1993–1995)[1]
Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah (1995–1997)[2]
Dahir Riyale Kahin (1997–2002)
Preceded byAbdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
Succeeded byDahir Riyale Kahin
In office
July 1, 1960 – July 12, 1960
PresidentAden Adde
Preceded byAbdullahi Issa (as the prime minister of the Trust Territory of Somalia)
Succeeded byAbdirashid Ali Shermarke
In office
July 15, 1967 – October 21, 1969
PresidentAbdirashid Shermarke
Preceded byAbdirizak Haji Hussein
Succeeded byMuhammad Ali Samatar
In office
June 26, 1960 – July 1, 1960
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Born(1928-08-15)
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXIV, Africa

348. Memorandum of Conversation1

Washington, March 14, 1968, noon.

SUBJECT

  • Summary of discussions between the President and Prime Minister Egal of the Republic of Somalia

PARTICIPANTS

  • United States
  • Republic of Somalia
    • H.E. Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, Prime Minister of the Republic of Somalia (Continued on Page 2)

(This conversation followed a private talk between the President and Prime Minister Egal.)

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The President said that the Prime Minister and he had discussed a number of things together, including developments in the Horn of Africa. He had expressed to the Prime Minister his pleasure at the reception given the Vice President in Mogadiscio and his pleasure that the Prime Minister had been able to come over to visit this country. He had also asked the Prime Minister to extend his warm regards to the President of Somalia. They had discussed, the President stated, the questions of AID and the Peace Corps. He had told the Prime Minister of his problems with the Congress with reg

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346. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson1

Washington, March 12, 1968.

SUBJECT

  • Your Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic, March 14, 1968; 12:00 noon

Prime Minister Egal

Egal, 39, took office last summer. He speaks English fluently and, though a Muslim, enjoys a drink. He is a pragmatic African moderate and is pro-West. He has few interests outside politics.

Egal has completely reversed Somalia’s policies in the last nine months. Somali irredentism dominated past Government policies. Egal seeks peace and cooperation with neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. He is pushing for greater economic development at the military’s expense.

Somali Republic

Somalia is a semi-arid land—much like our South-West. Poor in resources, it has gone in primarily for raising livestock. However, uranium [Page 592] and itrium have just been found near Mogadiscio. If there are large reserves of these metals, as an American company now claims, they could have an enormous effect on the economy.

Somalia is one of the few demo

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