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Aden Abdullah Osman
Aden Abdullah Osman, known as Aden Adde, was the first president of Somalia. A leader of the Somali Youth League, he became president when the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland united as the Somali Republic on 1 July 1960. He lost the 1967 election and handed over power peacefully, a rare example in post-colonial Africa.
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