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Siad Barre

1919 - 1995

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Mohammed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: 𐒑𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒑𐒗𐒆 𐒈𐒘𐒕𐒛𐒆 𐒁𐒖𐒇𐒇𐒗, Arabic: محمد زياد بري Muhammad Ziād Barīy; c. 6 October 1909 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 January 1991. Barre, the commander of the Somali National Army, became president of Somalia after the 1969 coup d'état that overthrew the Somali Republic following the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siad Barre has received more than 1,744,323 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Siad Barre is the 4,190th most popular politician (down from 2,959th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Somalia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Somali Politician.

The barre is most famous for its use in ballet, which is a type of dance that originated in the 17th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Siad Barre ranks 4,190 out of 19,576. Before him are Giuseppe Saragat, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Wilhelm Groener, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Emperor Gong of Song, and Mahamadou Issoufou. After him are Bardas, Amenemnisu, Henri Konan Bédié, Kerbogha, King You of Zhou, and Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Siad Barre ranks 47. Before him are Pete Seeger, Georges Duby, Charles Sweeney, Abdel Hakim Amer, Godfrey Hounsfield, and Elisabeth Volkenrath. After him are Donald J. Cram, Chavela Vargas, Martin Balsam, William Lipscomb, Joseph Murray, and Daniel Bell. Among people deceased in 1995, Siad Barre ranks 48. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer, Alonzo Church, Ernest Walton, Lita Grey, Carlos Monzón, and Ștefan Kovács. After him are Ernest Gellner, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Peter Townsend, Miklós Rózsa, Don Cherry, and César Rodríguez Álvarez.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Siad Barre ranks 3 out of 58. Before him are Waris Dirie (1965), and Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934). After him are Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Aden Adde (1908), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Abdirashid Shermarke (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Siad Barre ranks 2. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934). After him are Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Aden Adde (1908), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962).

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