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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

Dr. Abdirashid Ali Shermarke

Prime Minister of the Somali Republic
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Dr. Shermarke became Prime Minister of Somalia in 1960. He was elected as President by the National Assembly in June 1967. President Shermarke was assasinated on October 21, 1969 by a soldier in a private feud. The army then took power in a bloodless coup d'etat on the same day.