Siad Barre
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He ruled Somalia for 21 years after seizing power in a 1969 coup, turning the country into a Marxist-Leninist state and later launching a disastrous war with Ethiopia. His regime's collapse in 1991 left Somalia in a civil war it has never escaped.
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Siad Barre
A summit at the level of presidents of the countries bordering the Red Sea, held in the city of Taiz, 1977
An Ethiopian caricature of Siad Barre wearing Benito Mussolini's helmet, 1977
An Ethiopian cartoon of Siad Barre, 1978
Images of leaders of the Somali Democratic Republic, Siad Barre in the middle
Iotti Siad Barre
Jaale Mohammad Siad Barre
Koningin Juliana ontvangt president Siad Barre van Somalië, Bestanddeelnr 929-8880In their own words 7
The day Kafur clans fight each other like never before will never stop ( 29 January 1994 )
When I leave Somalia I will leave buildings but not people.
Last words in power (27 January, 1991), as quoted by Mahamud M. Yahya.Siad Barre s Military Coup: 40 Years Later, Mareeg (n.d.)
I did not come to power to divide Somali but to unite them, and I will never deviate from this path.
Mogadiscio Domestic Service in Somali, 0448 GMT (1 May 1978).
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Aleksandr VasilevskyAlso won Order of the National Flag
Birendra of NepalAlso won Order of the NileAbout this person
Mohammed Siad Barre was commander of the Somali National Army when he took power on 21 October 1969, days after President Abdirashid Shermarke's assassination. His military junta reconstituted Somalia as a one-party Marxist-Leninist state, pursuing modernization, nationalization, cooperative farms, and a new Somali writing system while suppressing tribalism. In 1977 he launched the Ogaden War to capture Ethiopia's Somali region, and for seven months held virtually all of it - his peak popularity. Defeat by early 1978 severed Soviet ties and began his decline. Through the 1980s opposition mounted as his rule grew dictatorial, tribal politics returned, the National Security Service carried out the Isaaq genocide, and the economy collapsed. The Somali Rebellion forced him from power on 26 January 1991, triggering a civil war and power vacuum. He fled to exile in Nigeria, where he died of a heart attack in 1995.
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