1960 in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia.

1960
in
Somalia

Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:Other events of 1960
List of years in Somalia

Incumbents

Events

June

July

  • 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.[2]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004), p803
  2. I. William Zartman, Government and Politics in Northern Africa (Methuen, 1964), p164
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