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1969 in Somalia
The following lists events that happened during
1969
in
Somalia
.
Incumbents
President
:
until 15 October:
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
15 October-21 October:
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
starting 21 October:
Siad Barre
Prime Minister
:
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
(until 1 November)
Events
October 15 â President
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in the town of
Las Anod
.
October 21 â General
Siad Barre
comes to power in Somalia in a
coup d'état
, 6 days after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.
Births
November 13 âÂÂ
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
, Somali-born Dutch American activist
References