Kamal Al Din Salah

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Kamal Al Din Salah (full name: Mohammad Kamal Al Din Salah; 1910–1957) was an Egyptian jurist and diplomat. After serving as a diplomat in different countries he worked as a delegate of Egypt to the United Nations in Mogadishu, Somalia, where he was assassinated.

Biography[]

Salah was born in Cairo on 28 May 1910.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in law from Cairo University in 1932.[1] Upon graduation he worked as a lawyer.[1] In 1936 he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat in different countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Japan, Syria, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and France.[1] In 1953 Salah was appointed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser to the United Nations Advisory Council in Somalia as a delegate.[2]

His wife was Amina Murad, a sister of Hilmi Murad who was a politician.[2] Kamal and Amina had a son, Mohammad Farid.[1] He was assassinated on 16 April 1957 in front of his residence in Mogadishu, Somalia.[2] He was posthumously awarded the Star of Somali Solidarity, and a street and a cultural center in Mogadishu were named after him.[1]

A Somali man was arrested and sent to prison for life due to his involvement in Salah's assassination.[1] The Italian colonists were also implicated in the murder.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mohammad Haji Mukhtar (2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.
  2. ^ a b c Helmi Sharawy. "from An Egyptian African Story". Asymptote Journal. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ Al Shafi'I Abtadoun (14 July 2020). "Egypt and Somalia had warm relations in the past, but now it is lukewarm at best". Middle East Monitor. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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