Sheikh Ali Ismail Yacqub ( so, Cali Ismaaciil Yacquub) was a Somali politician, who served as the first Minister of Defence of the Somali Republic, he also served as the Deputy Minister of Justice. 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

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, that same year he was appointed as Minister of Defence of the newly formed Somali Republic. The following year he led a delegation to

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and was a state guest of President

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, with whom he discussed military co-operation. 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

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.Africa. (1961). United Kingdom: Africa..

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{{Reflist 1930 births Living people Defence Ministers of Somalia People from Togdheer

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