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Bookmark or Share- Mohamed Siad Barre | Socialist leader, military dictator, dictatorMohamed Siad Barre (born c. 1919, Ganane, Italian Somaliland—died Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) was the president of Somalia who held dictatorial rule over the country from October 1969, when he led a bloodless military coup against the elected government, until January 1991, when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war.
- Mohamed Siad Barre (1910-1995) - BlackpastSiad Barre, Somali Democratic Republic President, ca. 1970. Public domain image. Mohamed Siad Barre (Maxamed Siad Barre) was a military general in Somalia and the country’s third president. He came into power in October of 1969, leading a coup d’état against the elected government.
- Mohamed Siad Barre; Led Somalia for Two DecadesLAGOS, Nigeria —. Former Somalian President Mohamed Siad Barre, who thrived on Cold War rivalries but left his nation in anarchy and on the brink of famine, died Tuesday. Siad Barre had...
- Siad Barre - WikipediaMohammed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: 𐒑𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒑𐒗𐒆 𐒈𐒘𐒕𐒛𐒆 𐒁𐒖𐒇𐒇𐒗, Arabic: محمد زياد بري Muhammad Siad Bariy; c. 6 October 1909 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali major general, politician and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 ...
- Socialist Somalia: The legacy of Barre’s military regime - TRT WorldSocialist Somalia: The legacy of Barre’s military regime. Fifty years ago today in Somalia, Mohammed Siad Barre’s military coup ended Somalia’s brief democratic period, which paved the way for civil war when the regime eventually collapsed. His contested legacy divides Somalis to this day.
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