# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muhammad-ali-samatar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:58.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muhammad-ali-samatar"
name: "Muhammad Ali Samatar"
slug: "muhammad-ali-samatar"
description: "Mohammad Ali Samatar. was a Somali military officer, politician, Commander-in-Chief of the Somali National Army, Minister of Defence, Vice President (1971-1990), Deputy General Secretary of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, and Prime Minister. He was known for his service in the 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War, Ogaden War and 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Somalia; Lt. Gen. in Somali National Army (1931-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mohamed_Ali_Samatar.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931"
deathDate: "2016-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.17793733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "โมฮัมเหม็ด อาลี ซามาตาร์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "محمد علي سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohamed Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohammed Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohammad Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "محمد علی سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohamed Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohammad Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Muhammad Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "モハメド・アリ・サマター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Samatar"
    title: "Mohammad Ali Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Самантар, Мохамед Али"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxamed_Samatar"
    title: "Maxamed Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump