Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party

Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
Somali nameXisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed
Arabic nameالحزب الاشتراكي الثوري الصومالي
AbbreviationSRSP (English)
XHKS (Somali)
General SecretarySiad Barre
FounderAbdulrahman Dhabdhable
Founded26 June 1976 (1976-06-26) (founding congress)[1]
1 July 1976 (1976-07-01) (election of first Central Committee)[1]
Dissolved26 January 1991 (26 January 1991)
HeadquartersMogadishu
Membership20,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Islamic socialism
Scientific socialism
Somali nationalism[2]
Political positionFar-left
Colours    Blue and red
Party flag

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The Historical Evolution of the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party. Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed, 1984. p. 18