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| Somali Democratic Republic Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية | |
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| 1969–1991 | |
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Anthem: Soomaaliya Ha Noolaato (Somali)
"Long live Somalia" | |
| Capital | Mogadishu (Hamar) |
| Largest city | Mogadishu |
| Common languages | Somali Arabic English Italian |
| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Somali |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
| Government | People's dictatorship under a one-party African (Somali) socialist republic |
• President | Mohamed Siad Barre |
| Legislature | People's Assembly |
| History | |
• Established | 1969 |
• Dissolution | 1991 |
The Somali Democratic Republic was the socialist administration of Somalia ruled by Siad Barre and the Supreme Revolutionary Council and the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party from 1969 to 1991. It consisted of current day Somali borders and succeeded the Somali Republic.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ SRSP (Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party) (1975). Statute of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. [PDF] Mogadishu: SRSP. [MIA]