Ruler · 1919 – 1969

Abdirashid Shermarke

Lived 1919 – 1969; politician. President of Somalia (Somalia), 1967 – 1969; also in the line of Somali Republic.

Wikidata's English label: Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1919 – 1969; 50 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Somalia

Somalia · the 2nd of 16 dated reigns · 1960 – 2024

Aden Adde1960 – 1967

Abdirashid Shermarke1967 – 1969

Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein1969

Siad Barre1969 – 1991

Ali Mahdi Muhammad1991 – 1997

11 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1967 – 1969 · 2 years · came to it aged 48

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; gunshot wound

the term records: death in office

Also in the line of Somali Republic (2nd of 3).

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