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'''Mohammed Siad Barre''' (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre; Arabic: محمد زياد بري; c. 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a [[Somalia|Somali]] military strongman and [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary with inspiration from [[Islamism]] trying to combine them, who seized power in a 1969 coup and ruled Somalia with an iron fist until 1991. As the country’s third president, Barre imposed a Soviet-style socialist regime that centralized power, suppressed dissent, and plunged the nation into decades of conflict and instability.

'''Mohammed Siad Barre''' (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre; Arabic: محمد زياد بري; c. 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a [[Somalia|Somali]] military strongman and [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary with inspiration from [[Islamism]] trying to combine them (Islamo-Socialist), who seized power in a 1969 coup and ruled Somalia with an iron fist until 1991. As the country’s third president, Barre imposed a Soviet-style socialist regime that centralized power, suppressed dissent, and plunged the nation into decades of conflict and instability.

Barre is marked, among other things, for his racist genocide of [[Isaaq genocide|200,000 Isaaq]], ethnic cleansing.

Barre is marked, among other things, for his racist genocide of [[Isaaq genocide|200,000 Isaaq]], ethnic cleansing.

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