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Abdirashid Shermarke

1919 - 1969

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Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (Somali: Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, Arabic: عبد الرشيد علي شرماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), was the first Prime Minister of Somalia from 12 July 1960 to 14 June 1964 and the second President of Somalia from 6 July 1967, until his assassination on October 15, 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdirashid Shermarke is the 3,336th most popular politician (up from 10,656th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 12th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 3,336 out of 19,576. Before him are Pharnavaz I of Iberia, Fatma Sultan, Idomeneus of Crete, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Charles Tupper. After him are Eleanor de' Medici, Musa Çelebi, Laurent Gbagbo, Shamshi-Adad I, Louis Desaix, and Emperor Go-Sai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 34. Before him are Donald Pleasence, Pete Seeger, Nat King Cole, Iris Murdoch, Donald J. Cram, and Dino De Laurentiis. After him are Andreas Papandreou, Leon Festinger, Hans-Joachim Marseille, James M. Buchanan, Jennifer Jones, and Gerhard Barkhorn. Among people deceased in 1969, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 36. Before him are Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, Arthur Friedenreich, Witold Gombrowicz, Sonja Henie, and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. After him are Josef von Sternberg, Alexandra David-Néel, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Vito Genovese, Wacław Sierpiński, and Boris Karloff.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 4 out of 58. Before him are Siad Barre (1919), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Aden Adde (1908). After him are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Waris Dirie (1965), Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Iman (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), and Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Abdirashid Shermarke ranks 4. Before him are Siad Barre (1919), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Aden Adde (1908). After him are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), and Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912).

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