predecessor successor birth_place party footnotes birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
mohammed said bareh ali said abdella petros solomon southern region , eritrea pfdj 1 . ministry was renamed from ministry of internal affairs 1948 2nd of local government of eritrea 1 minister of foreign affairs of eritrea 2nd minister 1993 2000 mahmoud ahmed sherifo
 1994 2001 mahmoud ahmed sherifo
mahmoud ahmed sherifo

mahmoud ahmed sherifo -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- , commonly known simply as sherifo , served briefly as the head of state of eritrea while the president was away .
he joined the eritrean liberation front in 1967 .
he also served as minister of foreign affairs before his last posting as minister of local government .
during this time he was also appointed chairman of the committee to prepare the draft laws concerning the first round of national elections and the political party laws .
once the drafts were completed the chairman of the national assembly -lrb- and president -rrb- , isaias afewerki summoned a report on the drafts .
mahmoud ahmed sherifo was detained for his hazy role -lrb- schemes that occurred on may 19 , 1993 -rrb- , and for orchestrating a coup d'état in 2001 .
he has been detained since 2001 following the g-15 affair .
dissidents suggest he has been detained for campaigning for democratic reforms , while official sources contend that his detention is a consequence of `` discreetly ... solicitsupport in government circles for ousting the president , and to seek us and un intervention to end the war on ethiopia 's surrender terms '' while being detained .
certain sources indicate that sherifo died while in custody .
although eritrea has no post of vice president , nonetheless some sources have listed sherifo as the vice president , and continue to do so -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
amnesty international has named him a prisoner of conscience and called for his immediate release .
