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Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
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| Somali name | Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed |
| Arabic name | الحزب الاشتراكي الثوري الصومالي |
| Abbreviation | SRSP (English) XHKS (Somali) |
| General Secretary | Siad Barre |
| Founder | Abdulrahman Dhabdhable |
| Founded | 26 June 1976 (founding congress)[1] 1 July 1976 (election of first Central Committee)[1] |
| Dissolved | 26 January 1991 |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu |
| Membership | 20,000 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Islamic socialism Scientific socialism Somali nationalism[2] |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Blue and red |
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The Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP, Somali: Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed, XHKS, Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي الثوري الصومالي, al-Ḥizb al-ishtirākī at-thawrī as-ṣūmālī) was the ruling party of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1976 to 1991.
- ^ a b Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (2003-02-25). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Historical Dictionaries of Africa (Revised ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.
- ^ The Historical Evolution of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed, 1984. p. 18