Siad Barre

E340414
authoritarian ruler dictator head of state military officer person politician

Siad Barre was a Somali military leader and authoritarian ruler who led Somalia from 1969 to 1991, overseeing a socialist-oriented regime that ended in civil war and state collapse.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Siad Barre regime 3
Siad Barre government 2
Mohamed Siad Barre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian ruler ⓘ
dictator ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance Somali National Army ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup d'état ⓘ
causeOfEndOfRule armed rebellion ⓘ
state collapse ⓘ
conflict Ogaden conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden War

Somali Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Somalia ⓘ
coupDate 1969-10-21 ⓘ
endTimeInOffice 1991 ⓘ
familyName Barre ⓘ
foreignPolicy initial alignment with the Soviet Union ⓘ
later alignment with the United States ⓘ
fullName Siad Barre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mohamed Siad Barre
givenName Mohamed ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Somalia ⓘ
ideology Somali nationalism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
scientific socialism ⓘ
implementedPolicy Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latinization of the Somali language

nationalization of key industries ⓘ
scientific socialism campaign ⓘ
socialist-oriented economic policies ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
leftOfficeFollowing outbreak of civil war ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
nationality Somali ⓘ
notableFor establishing a socialist-oriented regime in Somalia ⓘ
his rule ending with civil war and state collapse in Somalia ⓘ
leading Somalia from 1969 to 1991 ⓘ
oversaw Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party one-party system ⓘ
partyFounded Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ⓘ
placeOfActivity Mogadishu ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council of Somalia ⓘ
President of Somalia ⓘ
Secretary General of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ⓘ
promoted Somali language written in Latin script ⓘ
regimeCharacterizedAs authoritarian ⓘ
one-party state ⓘ
regionOfActivity Horn of Africa ⓘ
startTimeInOffice 1969 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Somalia → officeHoldersInclude → Siad Barre ⓘ
Siad Barre → fullName → Siad Barre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohamed Siad Barre
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan → servedInGovernmentOf → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre administration
Somali National Movement → opposedRegime → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre government
Somaliland War of Independence → mainBelligerent → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre regime
United Somali Congress → opposedTo → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre regime
Somali Salvation Democratic Front → opposes → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre government
Somali Patriotic Movement → opposedOrganization → Siad Barre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siad Barre regime