death_date successor death_place party office order term_start article_title term_end name
october 2 , 2009 petros solomon ms.amna nurhusein asmara , zoba ma'ekel , eritrea pfdj minister of marine resources minister of health 1st 3rd 1993 1997 saleh meki
 1995 2009 saleh meki
saleh meki

saleh meki -lrb- 1948 -- october 2 , 2009 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
meki was appointed and confirmed as the first minister of marine resources following eritrea 's independence .
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 .
saleh meki died on friday , october 2 , 2009 , following a heart attack at the age of 62 .
he was buried in the martyrs ' cemetery in asmara , the capital of eritrea .
