Ibrahim Sultan Ali, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ibrahim Sultan Ali

Eritrean independence activist

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1909

Place of Birth: Eritrea

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1987

Profession: politician, entrepreneur

Nationality: Eritrea

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ibrahim Sultan Ali was born in Keren in March 1909 of a farmer/trader Tigre/serf from the Rugbat of Ghizghiza district in Sahel.
He attended Quran School under Khalifa Jaafer of the Halanga of Kassala.
In Keren, he attended technical training at Salvaggio Raggi and at Umberto School in Asmara. Ibrahim Sultan worked as the chief in a train station, served as a civil servant in Keren, Agordat, Tessenei, Adi Ugri and even Wiqro near Mekele for six months.
He was proficient in speaking and translating Italian, Arabic, Tigre, and Tigrinia.
From 1926 to 1941, he was the head of the Islamic Affairs section in the political affairs office under Italian rule.
Under the British, he served as head of Civil/Native Affairs Office until April 1943.
He resigned and established a modern cheese plant in Tessenei which he ran until the end of 1945.
The Eritrean Chamber of Commerce was established that year and he became one of its senior staff members until the end of September 1946.
He represented Eritrea in front of the U.N.
and was one of the leading, and strongest members of the ELF. Ibrahim died on September 11,1987in Cairo, after having been sick for many years.
He was buried on September 15, 1987, in Kassala, Sudan.