Somali Democratic Republic
Somali Democratic Republic Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyed Repubblica Democratica Somala | |||||||||||
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| 1969–1991 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Somali | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Somali | ||||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist state | ||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||
• 1969–1991 | Siad Barrea | ||||||||||
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• 1976–1991 | Mohammad Ali Samatar | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War Arab Cold War | ||||||||||
| 21 October 1969 | |||||||||||
| 13 July 1977 | |||||||||||
| 10 March 1978 | |||||||||||
| 26 January 1991 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) (40th) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1972 | 2,941,000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Somali shilling (SOS) | ||||||||||
| Calling code | 252 | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | SO | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Somalia Somalilandb | ||||||||||
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The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah aṣ-Ṣūmāliyyah; Italian: Repubblica Democratica Somala) was a socialist state in Somalia that existed from 1969 to 1991.
Established in October 1969, the Somali Democratic Republic emerged following a coup d'état led by Major General Mohamed Siyaad Barre and the Somali military. The coup took place six days after the assassination of Abdirashid Shermarke, the second President of the Somali Republic. Barre's administration governed Somalia for the next 21 years until the rise of Ethiopian-backed Somali rebel groups, which ultimately led to the government's collapse and the onset of civil war in 1991.