Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
| Abdirashid Ali Shermarke عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي |
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| 2nd President of Somalia | |
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In office June 10, 1967 – October 15, 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal |
| Preceded by | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar |
| Succeeded by | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Somalia | |
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In office 12 July 1960 – 14 June 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal |
| Succeeded by | Abdirizak Haji Hussein |
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October 16, 1919 Harardhere, Mudug |
| Died | October 15, 1969 (aged 49) Las Anod, Somalia |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Political party | Somali Youth League (SYL) |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Religion | Islam |
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Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (Somali: Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke, Arabic: عبد الرشيد علي شارماركي) (October 16, 1919 – October 15, 1969) was Prime Minister of Somalia from July 12, 1960 to June 14, 1964, and President of Somalia from June 10, 1967 until his assassination on October 15, 1969. He was the father of Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.
Shermarke was born in 1919 in the town of Harardhere in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. His family hailed from the Majeerteen clan.
Raised in Mogadishu, Shermarke attended Qur'anic schools and completed his elementary education in 1936. He then embarked on a career as a trader and later as a civil servant in the Italian colonial administration.
In 1943, the year of its inauguration, Shermarke joined the incipient Somali Youth League political party. He entered the British administration's civil service the following year.
While still a civil servant, Shermarke completed his secondary education in 1953. He earned a scholarship to study at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he obtained a BA in Political Science. In 1960, his son, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who would later become Prime Minister of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, was born.
After returning from his studies abroad in Italy in 1959, Shermarke was elected to the Legislative Assembly.
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