First Somali president Aden Abdulle Osman Daar dies

June 16, 2007

, the first President of Somalia died last week from natural causes in a Nairobi hospital. He was 99.

Born in 1908 in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region in the, Osman was elected as the first President of Somalia in 1960 and served till 1967, when he was he was defeated by.

He spent his later years in Janale in southern Somalia and in May 2007 it was erroneously reported that he died in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. It was later clarified, however, that he was on life support, in critical condition, but had not yet died.

The declared 21 days of mourning and said that he would receive a state funeral. It also voted to rename after him.

Osman is survived by eight children.