List of Notable Somali Leaders - Definition

This is a list of notable people from Somalia.

Somalia

• Adan Abdulle Osman, first Somali president, 1960-7.

• Abdirisaq Haji Hussein, Premier, 1964-7; arrested in 1969.

• Abdullahi Isse, SYL leader before independence.

• Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Speaker of the Parliament, 1965-9; interim President of Somalia after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. Placed under house arrest after the coup.

• Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, President of Somalia 1967-1969, was assassinated in Las Anod; after seven days of political turmoil, General Mohamed Said Barre took over in a bloodless coup.

• Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal, Prime Minister of Somalia, 1960; 1967-1969. Foreign Minister of Somalia, 1967-1969.

• General Mohammed Siad Barre, president of Somalia, 1969-1991.

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, president of Transitional Nation Government of Somalia, 2000-2004.

• Mohammad Abshir, first commander of the Somali police; 1969 forced to resign and placed under house arrest at the time of the coup.

• General Abdirahman Jama Qorsheel, Major General and commander of Somali police, member of Supreme Somali Council who was involved in Somali's 1969 coup, became vice president of Somalia 1969-1971. later, he was denounced as traitor and arrested.

• General Mohamed Farah Aideed, late warlord who fought against U.N peace keeping forces in Mogadisho

• Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, founder of the first Somali Salvation Movement in 1978. Elected as president of Transitional Federal Republic of Somalia at Nairobi in October 10, 2004.

• Sayid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan, pioneer of Somali nationalism. The British termed him "Mad Mullah" in his struggle against their colonial occupation in Somalia.

• King Osman Mohmaoud, ruler of Mijertinia, later became an Italian protectorate.