Sheikh Ali Radai was a politician in

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, playing an instrumental role in the early Eritrean political scene. Sheikh Ali Radai was the first president of the

n parliament.

Early life and education

Sheikh Ali Radai was born in 1913 in

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. The father of Radai, Mohammed Musa was a wealthy businessman. Radai was enrolled into the Qur'anic school of

and he was also a student at the School of arts and crafts ("Salvago Raggi"). He worked as a carpenter as well as a goldsmith and eventually opened a retailer shop of his own which he built in 1934 to a major supplier of hardware and textile products.

Political career

Sheikh Ali Radai was one of the founding members of the Muslim League of

. In the late 1940s Radai was elected as the official secretary of the

branch of the Muslim League. He was a very influential figure in the organization. In the year 1952 Sheikh Ali Radai was elected to the

n parliament. After the preparation of the parliament and federal laws, Sheikh Ali Radai was elected to become the first president of the

n parliament in 1952. He served as the official president of the parliament from the year 1952 to 1955. After 1956 he worked as a councillor to the Eritrean administration with a ministerial rank.

References

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