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Mohammed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: 𐒑𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒑𐒗𐒆 𐒈𐒘𐒕𐒛𐒆 𐒁𐒖𐒇𐒇𐒗, Arabic: محمد زياد بري Muhammad Siad Bariy; c. 6 October 1909 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali major general, politician and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia ...
May 1, 2024 · Mohamed Siad Barre was the president of Somalia who held dictatorial rule over the country from October 1969, when he led a bloodless military coup against the elected government, until January 1991, when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war. Siad was born about 1919 (or earlier) into a nomadic.
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Jan 3, 1995 · Maj. Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre, who was overthrown as President of Somalia in 1991 after ruling that impoverished African country for more than 20 years, died yesterday in exile in Lagos, Nigeria.
May 26, 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Mohamed Siad Barre, a Somali military general and president who ruled Somalia from 1969 to 1991. Find out how he led a coup, adopted socialism, fought wars, and faced a civil war.
Oct 6, 2018 · Learn about the life and legacy of Siad Barre, who led a coup in 1969 and ruled Somalia until 1991. Find out how he transformed the country, fought wars, faced coups and died in exile.
Jan 3, 1995 · Former Somalian President Mohamed Siad Barre, who thrived on Cold War rivalries but left his nation in anarchy and on the brink of famine, died Tuesday.
Siad Barre was a Somali policeman, military leader, and politician, who served as the president of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 1991. He lost his parents as a child and grew up as an orphan in the Italian Somaliland.
