1969 Somali coup d'état
The 1969 Somali coup d'état was the bloodless takeover of Somalia's government on 21 October 1969 by far-left military officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council led by Siad Barre. Somali troops supported by tanks under the command of Barre stormed Mogadishu and seized key government buildings and ordered the resignation of the country's leaders. The coup deposed President Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein and Prime Minister Mohammad Egal and led to the twenty-one year long military rule by Barre and the imposition of an authoritarian government in Somalia until 1991.
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1969 Somali coup d'état
The 1969 Somali coup d'état was the bloodless takeover of Somalia's government on 21 October 1969 by far-left military officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council led by Siad Barre. Somali troops supported by tanks under the command of Barre stormed Mogadishu and seized key government buildings and ordered the resignation of the country's leaders. The coup deposed President Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein and Prime Minister Mohammad Egal and led to the twenty-one year long military rule by Barre and the imposition of an authoritarian government in Somalia until 1991.
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The 1969 Somali coup d'état wa ...... ce nine years earlier in 1960.
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Somali Republic
Supreme Revolutionary Council
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1969-10-21
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*Siad Barre installed as president
*Somali Democratic Republicestablished
*Somali Republicdeposed
Supreme Revolutionary Councilvictory
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Map of Somalia in 1969, before the fall of the democratic government
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Somali Republic
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Supreme Revolutionary Council
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*Jama Ali Korshel
*Salaad Gabeyre Kediye
*Mohamed Ainanshe Guleid
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*Mohammad Egal
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*Muhammad Siad Barre
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*Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
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1969-10-21
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Mogadishu, Somalia
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Supreme Revolutionary Council ...... emocratic Republic established
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