Editing Somaliland (section)

=== Somali Republic (union with Somalia) ===
{{Main|Somali Republic|Greater Somalia}}
{{further|1961 revolt in Somalia}}

On 1 July 1960, the [[State of Somaliland]] and the [[Trust Territory of Somaliland]] (the former [[Italian Somaliland]]) united as planned to form the [[Somalia|Somali Republic]].<ref name="buluugleey.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.buluugleey.com/warkiidanbe/Governance.htm|title=The dawn of the Somali nation-state in 1960|publisher=Buluugleey.com|access-date=25 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116055005/http://www.buluugleey.com/warkiidanbe/Governance.htm|archive-date=16 January 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="Tmotss">{{cite web|url=http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20060809.aspx|title=The making of a Somalia state|publisher=Strategy page.com|date=9 August 2006|access-date=25 February 2009}}</ref> Inspired by [[Somali nationalism]], the northerners were initially enthusiastic about the union.{{sfnp|Richards|2014|pp=84–85}} A government was formed by [[Abdullahi Issa]], with [[Aden Adde|Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]] as [[List of presidents of Somalia|President]] and [[Abdirashid Shermarke|Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]] as [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister]] (later becoming president, from 1967 to 1969). On 20 July 1961 and through a popular [[referendum]], the Somali people ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960.<ref name="y4Fnm">Greystone Press Staff, ''The Illustrated Library of The World and Its Peoples: Africa, North and East'', (Greystone Press: 1967), p.338</ref> The constitution had little support in the former Somaliland and was believed to favour the south. Many northerners boycotted the referendum in protest, and over 60% of those who voted in the north were against the new constitution. Regardless, the referendum passed, and Somaliland became quickly dominated by southerners. As result, dissatisfaction became widespread in the north, and support for the union plummeted. British-trained Somaliland officers attempted a [[1961 revolt in Somalia|revolt to end the union in December 1961]]. Their uprising failed, and Somaliland continued to be marginalised by the south during the next decades.{{sfnp|Richards|2014|pp=84–85}}

In 1967, [[Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal]] became Prime Minister, a position to which he was appointed by Shermarke. Shermarke was assassinated two years later by one of his own bodyguards. His murder was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on 21 October 1969 (the day after his funeral), in which the [[Somali Armed Forces|Somalian Army]] seized power without encountering armed opposition. The putsch was spearheaded by Major General [[Siad Barre|Mohamed Siad Barre]], who at the time commanded the army.<ref name="Myswenvwp">Moshe Y. Sachs, ''Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations'', Volume 2, (Worldmark Press: 1988), p.290.</ref> The new regime would go on to rule Somalia for the next 22 years.<ref name="Mr87M">{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/dictator-siad-barre-flees-somalia-ending-his-22-year-rule|title=Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule|website=SAHO|date=28 January 2019|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>