1960 in Somalia

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1960
in
Somalia

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

  • July 1 - Italian Somaliland gained its independence from Italy, five days after British Somaliland, and merged into the Somali Republic. Aden Abdullah Othman, leader of the Italian Somaliland legislature, was elected President, and Abdirashid Ali Shermake became Prime Minister.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zuber, David (17 April 2022). "Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908-2007) •". blackpast.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004), p803
  3. ^ I. William Zartman, Government and Politics in Northern Africa (Methuen, 1964), p164