Siad Barre, President, 21 October 1969–26 January 1991
Events
In April, Barre created the National Security Courts, judicial bodies which tried his political opponents and public critics
On 10 September, the government enacted National Security Law No. 54, allowing the NSS to punish critics of the regime with indefinite detention without trial
On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money
