The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.

1969 Somali coup d'état

Military overthrow of President Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein

The 1969 Somali coup d'état was a bloodless military takeover of the Somali Republic on 21 October 1969, led by Somali National Army officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council under General Siad Barre. After the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke in Las Anod, the…