Identity
Current Charges
- Military coup and dictatorship.
- Suppression of opposition.
- Human-rights abuses and clan-based repression.
- Authoritarian one-party control.
Full Bio
Siad Barre was Somalia’s military ruler from 1969 to 1991. His regime promoted scientific socialism, suppressed opposition, and was associated with clan-based repression, human-rights abuses, and civil conflict.