Saleh Meki Explained

Saleh Meki
Order:1st
Office:Minister of Marine Resources
Term Start:1993
Term End:1995
Successor:Petros Solomon
Order2:3rd
Office2:Minister of Health
Term Start2:1997
Term End2:2009
Successor2:Amna Nurhusein
Death Date:October 2, 2009
Death Place:Asmara, Zoba Ma'ekel, Eritrea
Party:PFDJ

Saleh Meki (1948 – October 2, 2009) was an Eritrean politician and government minister. He was a member of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, which had offices in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States, during the period of the Eritrean War of Independence.[1]

Meki was trained as a nurse anesthesiologist in the United States. He returned to Eritrea following the end of the country's war for independence against Ethiopia.[1]

Meki was appointed and confirmed as the first Minister of Marine Resources following Eritrea's independence.[1] He later also served as the country's Minister of Health, before being reassigned as the Minister of Marine Resources once again in a cabinet reshuffle.[1]

Saleh Meki died on Friday, October 2, 2009, following a heart attack at the age of 62.[1] He was buried in the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A hero… "When you go home tell them of us and say: ‘for your tomorrow we gave our today". Shaebia. 2009-10-04. 2009-10-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101003085738/http://www.shaebia.org/artman/publish/article_5964.shtml. 2010-10-03.