Omar Hassan Mohamud Istarliin
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Omar Hassan Mohamud Istarliin (Somali: Cumar Xasan Maxamuud "Istarliin", Arabic: عمر حسن إسترلين) was a Somali Mayor of Mogadishu in the government of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar shortly before the military coup d'état of 1969. Following those events, he went into exile to form the first anti-revolutionary front SODAF as its first chairman or President.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He was also one of the signers of the Somali Manifesto.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bereketeab, Redie (2017). National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa. Taylor & Francis. p. 15. ISBN 9781351588836.
- ^ Ingiriis, Mohamed Haji (2017). The Suicidal State in Somalia;. UPA. p. 105. ISBN 9780761867203.
- ^ Annual of Power and Conflict. 1978. p. 367.
- ^ Annual of Power and Conflict. 1978.
- ^ Africa News Volume 12 Issues 5-24. 1979.
- ^ Legum, Colin (1980). Africa Contemporary Record. Africana Publishing Company. p. 378. ISBN 9780841901605.
- ^ The Somali Manifesto