Mohamed Ainanshe Guled

Mohamed Ainanshe Guled
Maxamed Caynaanshe Guuleed
Vice President of Somalia
In office
October 1969 – April 1971
PresidentSiad Barre
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIsmail Ali Abokor
Personal details
BornBurao, Togdheer, British Somaliland
Died1972
Mogadishu, Somali Democratic Republic
Political partySomali Revolutionary Socialist Party
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service Somali National Army
Years of service1950s–1970
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars

Brigadier General Mohamed Ainanshe Guled (Somali: Maxamed Caynaanshe Guuleed Faarax Caynaanshe) was a Somali military officer and politician who served as the First Vice President of Somalia from 1969 to 1971.[1][2]

A prominent military figure in Somalia during the 1960s, he led the 1969 Somali coup d'état along with Siad Barre that established Barre's regime and the Somali Democratic Republic. However, his discontent with Barre's rule over the country and power struggle within the latter's government ultimately led to his demise and execution, after he and other officials were accused of plotting to overthrow Siad Barre's regime in 1971.[3]

  1. ^ Mogadishu memoir
  2. ^ Survey of China Mainland Press
  3. ^ Cabdisalaam M. Ciisa-Salwe (1996). The collapse of the Somali state: the impact of the colonial legacy. HAAN Publishing. ISBN 978-1-874209-91-1.