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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 (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.

'''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.

Barre was the 3rd President of Somalia, however later in his rule he became more of a dictator leading to him being ejected from power in 1991 and forced to go into exile in Nigeria.

Barre was the 3rd President of Somalia, however later in his rule he became more of a dictator leading to him being ejected from power in 1991 and forced to go into exile in Nigeria.