State · 1960 – 1969
Somali Republic
A state of 1960 – 1969 — 9 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced State of Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somalia. It was replaced by Somali Democratic Republic. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 9 years
- 1960 – 1969
- Rulers
- 3
- the President
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- State of Somaliland · replaces · 1960
- Trust Territory of Somalia · replaces
After it
- Somali Democratic Republic · replaced by · 1969 – 1991
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aden Adde | 1960 – 1967 | 7 years | ending not on record | |
| Abdirashid Shermarke | 1967 – 1969 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein | 1969 – 1969 | under a year | ending not on record |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 1969. Only 9 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.90, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Somalia · Public domain 
flag, undatedFlag of Somalia · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood9 years
stood longer than 17% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 1979, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1965, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q7559152 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.