Somali Democratic Republic

Somali Democratic Republic
*Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed* (Somali)
الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية (Arabic)
*al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyed* (Arabic transliteration)
Somali Democratic Republic Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed (Somali); الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية (Arabic); al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyed (Arabic transliteration)
1969–1991
	Flag Coat of arms
	Anthem: Soomaaliya Ha Noolaato (Somali); "Somalia will live on"
Capital	Mogadishu
Common languages	Somali; Arabic; English; Italian
Religion	Islam
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic under a totalitarian military dictatorship
President
• 1969–1991	Mohammed Siad Barrea
Vice President
• 1969–1973	Mohamed Ainanshe Guled
Historical era	Cold War
• Somali coup d'état	21 October 1969
• Ogaden War	13 July 1977
• Somali Rebellion	10 March 1978
• Somali Civil War	26 January 1991
Area
1972	637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi)
1977	957,657 km2 (369,753 sq mi)
1991	637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi)
Population
• 1972	2,941,000
• 1977	6,709,161
Currency	Somali shilling (SOS)
Calling code	252
ISO 3166 code	SO
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Somali Republic
Interim Government of Somalia
Republic of Somaliland
Today part of	Somalia; Somalilandb
	Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council from 1969–1976 & after 1980.; Somaliland is not internationally recognized. Its territory is considered part of Somalia. Somaliland authorities, however, hold de facto power in the region.;

The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah; Italian: Repubblica Democratica Somala) was the name that the socialist military government gave to Somalia under President Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, after seizing power in a coup d'état on 21 October 1969. The coup came a few days after a bodyguard assassinated Abdirashid Shermarke, the nation's second President. Barre's administration ruled Somalia for the next 21 years until Somalia collapsed into civil war in 1991.

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