Ibrahim Sultan Ali

Ibrahim Sultan Ali (Known as "Ibrahim Sultan")

Leader of Muslim League, Co-Founder of Independence Bloc, UN Petitioner

Born 1909-03-01

Keren, Eritrea

Passed Away 1987-09-01 Cairo, Egypt

Lifespan 78 years old

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"We are Muslims and Christians, Highlanders and Lowlanders, but above all, we are one Eritrean people."

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Distinguished Eritrean political leader who founded the Moslem League, co-formed the Eritrean Independence Bloc, and presented the historic petition for sovereignty before the United Nations in 1949.

Biographical Record

Ibrahim Sultan Ali was born in March 1909 in Keren, Anseba. Working as a master translator and civil servant, he became a foremost champion of peasant land rights and emancipation from serfdom (Tigre feudal systems).

In December 1946, Sultan founded the Moslem League of Eritrea, advocating immediate independence. In 1949, forging a coalition with Woldeab Woldemariam's Christian nationalists, he established the Eritrean Independence Bloc and travelled to Lake Success, New York, delivering an impassioned address before the UN General Assembly opposing annexation. Forced into exile in Cairo in 1959, he co-founded the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), remaining a revered father of sovereignty.

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Final Resting Place

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Keren Memorial Grounds
Keren, Eritrea

                         GPS: 15.7781, 38.4578                    

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