Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
| Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal محمد الحاج ابراهيم عقال |
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| 2nd President of Somaliland | |
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In office May 16, 1993 – May 3, 2002 |
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| Vice President | Abdirahman Aw Ali Farah (1993-1997) Ahmed Yusuf Yasin (1997-2002) |
| Preceded by | Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur |
| Succeeded by | Dahir Riyale Kahin |
| Prime Minister of the State of Somaliland | |
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In office June 26, 1960 – July 1, 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Douglas Hall (as Governor) |
| Succeeded by | (none) |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Somalia | |
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In office July 15, 1967 – October 21, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Abdirizak Haji Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ali Samatar |
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In office July 1, 1960 – July 12, 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Abdullahi Issa |
| Succeeded by | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke |
| Personal details | |
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August 15, 1928 Odweyne, British Somaliland |
| Died | May 3, 2002 (aged 73) Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party |
United Peoples' Democratic Party Somali Youth League |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Edna Adan (2) Asha Saeed Aabi (3) Hawa Ainab (4) Kaltum Haji Dahir |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal (Somali: Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal, Arabic: محمد الحاج ابراهيم ايغال) (August 15, 1928 - May 3, 2002) was a Somali politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somalia during the early and late 1960s. He also served as the President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia, from 1993 to 2002.
Egal was born in 1928 in the northwestern town of Oodweyne, then a part of the British Somaliland protectorate. He hailed from a Habr Awal Isaaq family.
For his elementary studies, Egal attended primary school in Berbera and Burao. He attended Sheikh Intermediate School in Sheekh. After graduation, he went to England for further studies.
Egal initially worked as an unofficial member of the former British Somaliland protectorate's Executive Council, and was the Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council. For five days in June 1960, he served as the Prime Minister of the briefly-extant State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) during its planned transition to union with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.
Following Somalia's independence on July 1, 1960, Egal became the first national Minister of Defense (1960-1962). In 1962, he left the government to form the opposition Somali National Congress. Two years later he joined the Somali Youth League, the majority party in the government at that point. In 1967, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was elected President and he appointed Egal as the Prime Minister.
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