Dr. Ismail Jim'ale Osoble (, ) was a Somali lawyer and the Minister of Information in the government of

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar Aden Abdulle Osman Da’ar (, ) (9 December 1908 – 8 June 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the Somali Republic from 1 July 1960 to 6 July 1967.

shortly before the military coup d'état of 1969. Following those events, he was one of the few lawyers and human rights activists in the country. He was also one of the signers of the Somali Manifesto. Following his death, a group of Somali human rights activists, led by his widow Maryan Awreye (second wife), founded the Dr. Ismail Jumale Human Rights Organization which still works in Somalia.

Biography

Osoble was born on 18 July 1931 in the town of

Beledweyne Beledweyne (, ) is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region. The city is situated in the Shebelle Valley riverine near the Ethiopian border, 210 miles (345 km) north of Mogadishu. Beledweyne ...

, the regional capital the Hiran province in south-central Somalia. He was the second of three children born to a family of the Abgaal Hawiye clan. He studied Law in Italy where he met and married (Rome, 1965) his first wife Iole Berardi from whom he had two children. Following his imprisonment during the military coup in 1969, his first wife and children were forced to return to Italy where they have remained. He died in Rome on 22 July 1990.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Information ministers of Somalia {{Somalia-politician-stub

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