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Siad Barre
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991.
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politics · President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991 · politician · military personnel · diplomat · military officer · also Siad Barre, Mohamed Siad Barre, Barre
Born 6 October 1919 · Died 2 January 1995 · Q209828
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1995· 3 entries
Died 1995-01-02.
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On the way to the hospital after suffering a heart attack
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“When I came to Mogadishu...[t]here was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I will leave the city as I found it. I came to power with a gun; only the gun can make me go.”
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1991· 2 entries
Barre's government collapsed as the Somali Rebellion successfully ejected him from power, leading to the Somali Civil War and a massive power vacuum in its wake
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To the outbreak of the civil war, the toppling of Barre's regime and the disbandment of the Somali National Army (SNA)
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1984· 2 entries
That corruption was no longer a major social problem in Somalia, attributing low levels of corruption to Islam and socialism
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Two Somali farmers managed to produce enough of a surplus to feed one non-farmer
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1982· 1 entry
With Ronald Reagan to announce the new relationship between the US and Somalia
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1979· 3 entries
Under which elections for a People's Assembly were held
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Soviet Union blocked an appeal for refugee assistance towards Somalia
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Through three independent efforts undertaken jointly with the Somali Central Statistical Department — two by the UN Economic Commission for Africa and one by the World Bank (IBRD)
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1978· 1 entry
Equivalent to roughly $2,000 today, noting that agricultural output had likely been significantly underestimated in official statistics
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1977· 1 entry
And was completed in 1982; the project created thousands of jobs for Somalis and supplied electricity to southern Somalia
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1976· 3 entries
Barre launched a state cattle-breeding program at the Afgoi, crossbreeding native cattle with foreign stock to develop animals better suited to Somalia’s harsh climate and capable of producing higher yields of milk and m
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1976–1977).
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The Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party became the country's vanguard party
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1975· 1 entry
The Somali Ministry of education was awarded a UNESCO prize
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1974–1975).
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1973· 2 entries
Constructed highways linking the two regions, facilitating transport, trade, and broader economic development
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Government ministers were dispatched to Gabiley in north-western Somalia to instruct local communities on the importance and methods of improved food production
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1972· 2 entries
The post-1969 state took a significant step toward unifying the north and south and standardising its institutions
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And successfully implemented an urban and rural literacy campaign, thus significantly increasing the literacy rate
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1971· 1 entry
Which was subsequently directed toward financing development projects
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1969· 2 entries
Writes:They've reclaimed a bunch of cars that the previous government had passed out to its friends, and they have begun to collect taxes in the bush
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Career landmark: President of Somalia (1969–1991).
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1968· 2 entries
A UNESCO inspection mission examined the education system in northern Somalia (the former British Somaliland)
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Then Prime Minister Egal attributed Somalia’s inability to respond to the ongoing drought to an empty national treasury, a claim he made in an interview with The New York Times
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1965· 2 entries
Had failed due to poor maintenance and government neglect, but was later refurbished, expanded, and reopened as the “21st October Dairy Farm
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Grew to approximately four million by 1975
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1964· 1 entry
By Ukrainian-Israeli chemist Alexander Zarchin
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1963· 1 entry
Fighting broke out among members of parliament, and an assassination attempt was made against the governor of Galkayo the same year
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1960· 1 entry
Its gross national product was among the lowest in Africa
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1959· 1 entry
Elections was held to decide the first post independence Somali government
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1955· 1 entry
A year after completing his course in Rome he was awarded he position of police chief and subsequently assigned to the capital city, Mogadishu
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1952· 1 entry
And several of his colleagues, including Hussein Kulmiye Afrah, Liiq-Liiqato, Shegow and Daud Abdulle, attended a military academy in Italy where he chiefly studied politics and administration
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1941· 1 entry
Mohammed, aged twenty, joined the police force which was then under the authority of the British military, who occupied it since the initiation of World War II hostilities
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1919· 1 entry
Born 1919-10-06.
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