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Siad Barre

1919 - 1995

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Mohammed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre; Osmanya script: 𐒑𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒑𐒗𐒆 𐒈𐒘𐒕𐒛𐒆 𐒁𐒖𐒇𐒇𐒗; Arabic: محمد زياد بري, romanized: Muhammad Ziād Barīy; c. 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991. Barre, the commander of the Somali National Army, became president of Somalia after the 1969 coup d'état that overthrew the Somali Republic following the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke. The Supreme Revolutionary Council military junta under Barre reconstituted Somalia as a one-party Marxist–Leninist communist state, renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic and adopted scientific socialism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Siad Barre is the 528th most popular politician (up from 4,190th in 2019), the most popular biography from Somalia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Somali Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Siad Barre ranks 528 out of 19,576. Before him are Decius, Neville Chamberlain, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Abdulmejid I, Otto of Greece, and William R. King. After him are Justin Trudeau, Alexander Kerensky, Gustaf V of Sweden, Leopold I of Belgium, Henry II of England, and Hongwu Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Siad Barre ranks 4. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Eva Perón, and Mikhail Kalashnikov. After him are Edmund Hillary, J. D. Salinger, Primo Levi, I. K. Gujral, Doris Lessing, Kim Jong-suk, Joseph Murray, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Among people deceased in 1995, Siad Barre ranks 2. Before him is Yitzhak Rabin. After him are Bob Ross, Emil Cioran, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Emmanuel Levinas, Adolf Butenandt, Eugene Wigner, Hannes Alfvén, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Maurizio Gucci.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Siad Barre ranks 1 out of 58. After him are Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Aden Adde (1908), 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, Siad Barre ranks 1. After him are Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Aden Adde (1908), 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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