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The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed) was the name that the socialist military government gave to Somalia under President Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, after seizing power in a coup d'état on 21 October 1969. The coup came a few days after a bodyguard assassinated Abdirashid Shermarke, the nation's second President. Barre's administration ruled Somalia for the next 21 years until Somalia collapsed into civil war in 1991.
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Depicts the coat of arms of Somalia, surrounded by the country name in Italian and Arabic above, with bilingual Arabic-Italian inscription "10th Anniversary of Independence" below with the date on both sides. REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA SOMALA |
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Depicts the new parliament building of Somalia with more flags in front of the map of Somalia, denomination above in Arabic below on the right, English, and Italian above on the left. The mint mark on the right. شلن صومالي ٥٠٠ |
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