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Abdirashid Shermarke was born on 8 June, 1919 in Harardhere, Italian Somalia, is a 2nd President of the Somali Republic (1967–69). Discover Abdirashid Shermarke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

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Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 8 June, 1919
Birthday 8 June
Birthplace Harardhere, Italian Somalia
Date of death 15 October, 1969
Died Place Las Anod, Somali Republic
Nationality Somalia

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1919

Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي) (8 June 1919 – 15 October 1969), also known as Abdirashid Shermarke, was Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 12 July 1960, to 14 June 1964, and President of Somali Republic from 6 July 1967, until his assassination on October 15, 1969.

He was the father of Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke.

Sharmarke was born in 1919 in the town of Harardhere in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.

His father hailed from the Osman Mohamud Majeerteen clan and his mother from the Habar Gidir Hawiye clan.

1936

Raised in Mogadishu by his mother, Sharmarke attended Qur'anic schools and completed his elementary education in 1936.

He then embarked on a career as a trader and later as a civil servant in the Italian colonial administration.

1943

In 1943, the year of its inauguration, Sharmarke joined the incipient Somali Youth League political party.

He entered the British administration's civil service the following year.

1953

While still a civil servant, Sharmarke completed his secondary education in 1953.

He earned a scholarship to study at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he obtained a BA in Political Science.

1959

After returning from his studies abroad in Italy in 1959, Sharmarke was elected to the Legislative Assembly.

1960

In 1960, his son, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who would later become Prime Minister of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, was born.

On 26 June 1960, British Somaliland gained independence as the State of Somaliland.

On 1 July 1960, the State of Somaliland and the Trust Territory of Somaliland (previously Italian Somaliland) united to form the Somali Republic.

(The anniversaries of both events are now celebrated on the Independence Day of Somalia as a public holiday in Somaliland and Somalia).

On 1 July 1960, with the creation of the Somali Republic, the then-incumbent President Aden Abdullah Osman Daar appointed Sharmarke Prime Minister of Somalia.

Sharmarke's duties as Prime Minister saw him travel abroad extensively in pursuit of a non-aligned and neutral foreign policy.

1964

He remained Prime Minister until March 1964, when the first general elections were held and which saw him re-elected as a member of Parliament.

1967

In the 1967 presidential elections, Sharmarke beat out Daar to become the second President of Somalia.

He was sworn into office on July 6, 1967.

1968

In 1968, Sharmarke narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.

A grenade exploded near the car that was transporting him back from the airport, but failed to kill him.

1969

On 15 October 1969, while paying an official visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Sharmarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards.

On duty outside the guest-house where the president was staying, the officer fired an automatic rifle at close range, instantly killing Sharmarke.

Observers suggested that the assassination was inspired by personal rather than political motives.

Sharmarke's assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on 21 October 1969 (the day after his funeral), in which the Somali Army seized power without encountering armed opposition; essentially a bloodless takeover.

The putsch was spearheaded by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, who at the time commanded the army.