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List of Notable Somali Leaders

This is a list of notable people from Somalia.

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  • Abdirisaq Haji Hussein , Premier , 1964-7; arrested in 1969.
  • Abdullahi Isse , SYL leader before independence.
  • Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein , Speaker of the Parliament , 1965-9; interim President of Somalia after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. Placed under house arrest after the coup.
  • Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke , President of Somalia 1967-1969, was assassinated in Las Anod; after seven days of political turmoil, General Mohamed Said Barre took over in a bloodless coup.
  • Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal , Prime Minister of Somalia , 1960; 1967-1969. Foreign Minister of Somalia , 1967-1969.
  • General Mohammed Said Barre , president of Somalia, 1969-1991.
  • Mohammad Abshir , first commander of the Somali police; 1969 forced to resign and placed under house arrest at the time of the coup.
  • General Abdirahman Jama Qorsheel , Major General and commander of Somali police, member of Supreme Somali Council who was involved in Somali's 1969 coup, became vice president of Somalia 1969-1971. later, he was denounced as traitor and arrested.
  • General Mohamed Farah Aideed , late warlord who fought against UN peace-keeping forces in Mogadishu.
  • Sayid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan , pioneer of Somali nationalism. The British termed him "Mad Mullah" in his struggle against their colonial occupation in Somalia.
  • King Osman Mohmaoud , ruler of Mijertinia , later became an Italian protectorate.
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