Aden Abdullah Osman Daar , the first President of Somalia died last week from natural causes in a Nairobi hospital. He was 99. Born in 1908 in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region in the Italian Somaliland , Osman was elected as the first President of Somalia in 1960 and served till 1967, when he was he was defeated by Abdirashid Ali Shermarke . The Transitional Federal Government declared 21 days of mourning and said that he would receive a state funeral. It also voted to rename Mogadishu International Airport after him.
 , the first President of Somalia died last week from natural causes in a Nairobi hospital. He was 99. Born in 1908 in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region in the , Osman was elected as the first President of Somalia in 1960 and served till 1967, when he was he was defeated by . The declared 21 days of mourning and said that he would receive a state funeral. It also voted to rename after him.
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Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
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Italian Somaliland
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Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
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Transitional Federal Government
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Mogadishu International Airport