Supreme Revolutionary Council (Somalia)

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The Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) was the governmental body that ruled Somalia for most of the period from 1969-1991.

History

Main article: Somali Democratic Republic

On October 15, 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on October 21, 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.^[1]

Alongside Barre, the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that assumed power after President Sharmarke's assassination was led by Major General Salaad Gabeyre Kediye and Chief of Police Jama Korshel. The SRC subsequently renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic,^[2][3] dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Court, and suspended the constitution.^[4]

The revolutionary army established various large-scale public works programs. In addition to a nationalization program of industry and land, the new regime's foreign policy placed an emphasis on Somalia's traditional and religious links with the Arab world, eventually joining the Arab League (AL) in 1974.^[5]

In July 1976, Barre's SRC disbanded itself and established in its place the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), a one-party government based on scientific socialism and Islamic tenets.^[4] In October 1980, the SRSP was disbanded, and the Supreme Revolutionary Council was re-established in its place.^[4] The SRC continued to rule the country until the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s.

Members

The following is a list of members of the Supreme Revolutionary Council in February 1970:

Chairman
Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Siad Barre
Vice Chairman
Maj.-Gen. Jama Ali Korshel
Vice Chairman
Maj.-Gen. Salaad Gabeyre Kediye
Members
Brig.-Gen. Hussein Kulmiye Afrah
Lt.-Col. Ahmed Mohamoud Ade
Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Ainanshe
Lt.-Col. Abdalla Muhammad Fadil
Lt.-Col. Ali Matan Hashi
Lt.-Col. Mahamoud Miree Musa
Lt.-Col. Muhammad Sh. Osman
Lt.-Col. Muhammad Ali Samatar
Maj. Ismail Ali Abucar
Maj. Muhammad Ali Shirreh
Maj. Ahmed Suleiman Abdulle
Maj. Mohamoud Ghelle Yusuf
Maj. Farah Wais Dulleh
Capt. Musa Rabille God
Capt. Ahmed Muhammad Farah
Capt. Muhammad Omer Ges
Capt. Osman Muhammad Ghelle
Capt. Muhammad Yusuf Elmi
Capt. Abdi Warsama Isaak
Capt. Abdulrazzak Muhammad Abucar
Capt. Abdulkadir Haji Muhamad

See also

• History of Somalia

Notes

1. ^ Moshe Y. Sachs, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Volume 2, (Worldmark Press: 1988), p.290.
2. ^ J. D. Fage, Roland Anthony Oliver, The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 8, (Cambridge University Press: 1985), p.478.
3. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana: complete in thirty volumes. Skin to Sumac, Volume 25, (Grolier: 1995), p.214.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Peter John de la Fosse Wiles, The New Communist Third World: an essay in political economy, (Taylor & Francis: 1982), p.279.
5. ^ Benjamin Frankel, The Cold War, 1945–1991: Leaders and other important figures in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, and the Third World, (Gale Research: 1992), p.306.

References

• The Europa World Year Book 1970