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Aden Adde

1908 - 2007

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Aden Abdulle Osman Da’ar (Somali: Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan Dacar, Arabic: آدم عبد الله عثمان دعر) (9 December 1908 – 8 June 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the Somali Republic from 1 July 1960 to 6 July 1967. He had previously served in the Somali Youth League in 1944. In 1946, he was named Secretary of the party's section in Beledweyne, Somalia. In 1951, the Mudug Regional Council appointed him for the Regional Council, and two years later, he became Vice President of the Regional Council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aden Adde is the 2,172nd most popular politician (up from 8,687th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Somalia (up from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aden Adde ranks 2,172 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry II, Count of Champagne, Yuan Shao, Werner von Fritsch, Kavad I, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Sweyn II of Denmark. After him are Śuddhodana, Al-Hakam II, Euric, Userkaf, António Costa, and Gyeongjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Aden Adde ranks 31. Before him are David Oistrakh, Józef Gosławski, Mika Waltari, Geli Raubal, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, and Ilya Frank. After him are Michael DeBakey, Franz Stangl, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Joseph Rotblat, Nelson Rockefeller, and Manoel de Oliveira. Among people deceased in 2007, Aden Adde ranks 20. Before him are Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, Marcel Marceau, Alan Ball Jr., Benazir Bhutto, and Sidney Sheldon. After him are Albert Ellis, Paul Cohen, Theodore Maiman, Ralph Asher Alpher, Gian Carlo Menotti, and István Sándorfi.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Aden Adde ranks 3 out of 58. Before him are Siad Barre (1919), and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955). After him are Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), 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, Aden Adde ranks 3. Before him are Siad Barre (1919), and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955). After him are Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), 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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