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Independence Day (Somalia)
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Independence Day (Somalia)
The
Independence Day of Somalia
is a
national holiday
observed annually in
Somalia
on July 1. The date celebrates the union of the
Trust Territory of Somaliland
(the former
Italian Somaliland
) and the
State of Somaliland
(the former
British Somaliland
) on July 1, 1960, which formed the
Somali Republic
(Somalia). A government was subsequently formed by
Abdullahi Issa
and
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
and other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments, with
Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf
as President of the
Somali National Assembly
,
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
as
President
of the Somali Republic, and
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
as
Prime Minister
. On 20 July 1961 and through a
popular referendum
, the people of Somalia ratified a new
constitution
, which was first drafted in 1960.
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