Abdirashid Shermarke
Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (8 June 1919[2][3][4] – 15 October 1969), also known as Abdirashid Shermarke,[5] was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960 to 14 June 1964. He was President of Somalia from 6 July 1967, until his assassination on October 15, 1969.[1] He was the father of Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke.
Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke | |
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عبد الرشيد علي شرماركي | |
 Sharmarke in the 1960s | |
| 2nd President of Somalia | |
| In office 6 July 1967[1] – 15 October 1969[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal |
| Preceded by | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (acting) Siad Barre |
| 1st Prime Minister of Somalia | |
| In office 12 July 1960 – 14 June 1964 | |
| President | Aden Adde |
| Preceded by | Abdullahi Issa (as the prime minister of the Trust Territory of Somaliland) |
| Succeeded by | Abdirizak Haji Hussein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1919[2] Harardhere, Italian Somalia |
| Died | 15 October 1969 (aged 50) Las Anod, Somali Republic |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunshot |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Political party | Somali Youth League (SYL) |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
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On 15 October 1969, while visiting the northern town of Las Anod, Sharmarke was shot by one of his own bodyguards.[6] Sharmarke's assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on 21 October 1969, the day after his funeral.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Somalia - Worldstatesmen.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rulers.org profile - Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Hispano-Americana, supplement 1969-1970, p.289.
- ↑ Arab Observer, Issues 185-197, (University of California: 1964), p.32.
- ↑ Farley, Benjamin R. "Calling a state a state: Somaliland and international recognition." Emory Int'l L. Rev. 24 (2010): 777.
- ↑ Moshe Y. Sachs, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Volume 2, (Worldmark Press: 1988), p.290.
- ↑ Samatar, Abdi Ismail. Framing Somalia (in en) (2022)Red Sea Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-56902-789-9.