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 | | He relinquished power peacefully in 1967 when voted out of office by a parliamentary coalition led by former premier Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, and Somalia became the first African country where power was transferred from one ruler to another without political violence. |
 | | Apart from the two presidents (Aadan Cadde 1960-64 and 1964-67, and Abdirashid 1967-69), there were four prime ministers: Abdullahi Issa (1956-60, the period of internal rule), Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1960-64)), Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1964-67), and Mohamed Ibrahim Egal (1967-69). |
 | | Further more, there were a series of regularly scheduled elections on the municipal, district, and national levels which led to alterations of decision-making personnel at all levels. |
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