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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 Siad Bariy; c. 6 October 1909 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali major general, 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 1,604,347 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Siad Barre is the 2,968th most popular politician (down from 2,238th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Somalia (down from 1st 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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  • 49

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  • 4.94

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Siad Barre ranks 2,968 out of 15,577. Before him are Senedj, U of Goryeo, Gustav Radbruch, Nawal El Saadawi, Moïse Tshombe, and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma. After him are Palamedes, Emperor Go-Daigo, Rudolf Kjellén, Philopoemen, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, and Mykola Azarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Siad Barre ranks 32. Before him are Lex Barker, Leon Festinger, James M. Buchanan, Jennifer Jones, Andreas Papandreou, and Moïse Tshombe. After him are Matilde Camus, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mordechai Anielewicz, Joseph Murray, Daniel Bell, and Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. Among people deceased in 1995, Siad Barre ranks 36. Before him are Milovan Đilas, Christian B. Anfinsen, Hugo Pratt, Don Cherry, Murray Rothbard, and Souphanouvong. After him are Jeremy Brett, John Vincent Atanasoff, Aziz Nesin, Pierre Schaeffer, Peter Townsend, and Roger Zelazny.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Siad Barre ranks 2 out of 50. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934). After him are Waris Dirie (1965), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Muse Bihi Abdi (1948).

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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 Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962).

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