1969 in Somalia

Incumbents

• President:
• * until 15 October: Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
• * 15 October-21 October: Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
• * starting 21 October: Siad Barre
• Prime Minister: Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal

  Events

October

• October 15 - President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in the town of Las Anod.
• October 21 - General Siad Barre comes to power in Somalia in a coup d'état, 6 days after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.