Abdirashid Shermarke

Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke
عبد الرشيد علي شرماركي
Sharmarke in the 1960s
2nd President of the Somali Republic
In office
6 July 1967 – 15 October 1969
Prime MinisterMuhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Preceded byAden Abdullah Osman Daar
Succeeded byMukhtar Mohamed Hussein (acting)
Siad Barre
1st Prime Minister of the Somali Republic
In office
12 July 1960 – 14 June 1964
PresidentAden Adde
Preceded byAbdullahi Issa (as the prime minister of the Trust Territory of Somaliland)
Succeeded byAbdirizak Haji Hussein
Personal details
Born(1919-06-08)8 June 1919
Harardhere, Italian Somalia
Died15 October 1969(1969-10-15) (aged 50)
Las Anod, Somali Republic
Manner of deathAssassination by gunshot
PartySomali Youth League (SYL)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
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Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (Somali: Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, Arabic: عبد الرشيد علي شرماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), was the first Prime Minister of the Somali Republic from 12 July 1960 to 14 June 1964 and the second President from 6 July 1967, until his assassination on October 15, 1969.