Osman Saleh Mohammed
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Osman Saleh Mohammed was the first Minister of Education for Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

 following Independence, serving in that position from 1993 to 2007. He has overseen the transition from the revolutionary EPLF
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
The Eritrean People's Liberation Front was an armed organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1970 as an intellectual left-wing group that split from the Eritrean Liberation Front .-Background:...

 school system to a National education system. Osman Saleh Mohammed was also responsible for the Ministry of Education's relocation of all 12th grades in the country to the Warsay Yika'alo School at Sawa
Sawa Defence Training Centre
The SAWA military traning center was established in Eritrea in 1994 and is located in the west of the country 18 miles away from the Sudanese border, in the middle of the Sub-Saharan desert with temperatures reaching 47 degrees Celsius during summer time. Due to many complaint students starting in...

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In April 2007, he was moved to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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