Somali Republic
Somali Republic | |||||||||||
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| 1960–1969 | |||||||||||
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| Motto: Long Live Somalia | |||||||||||
| Anthem: Soomaali Ha Noolaato (English: "Long live Somalis") | |||||||||||
Location of Somalia (1962) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Italian • English | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Somali | ||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Somali | ||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||
• 1960–1967 | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar | ||||||||||
• 1967–1969 | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | ||||||||||
• 1969 | Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (acting) | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1960 | Abdullahi Issa Mohamud | ||||||||||
• 1960 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | ||||||||||
• 1960–1964 | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | ||||||||||
• 1964–1967 | Abdirizak Haji Hussein | ||||||||||
• 1967–1969 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | ||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
• Independence and union with the State of Somaliland | 1 July 1960 | ||||||||||
| 21 October 1969 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) (40th) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1961 | 2,027,300 | ||||||||||
• 1969 | 2,741,000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | East African shilling (1960–1962) Somalo (1960–1962) Somali shilling (1962–1969) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Somalia Somaliland | ||||||||||
| History of Somalia |
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| Somalia portal |
| History of Somaliland |
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| Somaliland portal |
The Somali Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaalida; Italian: Repubblica Somala; Arabic: جمهورية الصومال aṣ-Ṣūmāl) was formed by the union of the Italian territory of Somaliland (formerly Italian Somaliland) and the State of Somaliland (formerly British Somaliland). A government was formed by Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate administrations, with Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly and Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as President of the Somali Republic. On 22 July 1960, Daar appointed Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as prime minister. On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum, Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960. The new constitution was rejected by Somaliland.
The administration lasted until 1969, when the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) seized power in a bloodless coup and renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic.