July 1 - Italian Somaliland gained its independence from Italy, five days after British Somaliland, and merged into the Somali Republic. Aden Abdullah Othman, leader of the Italian Somaliland legislature, was elected President, and Abdirashid Ali Shermake became Prime Minister.[2]
References
^Dieter Nohlen, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004), p803
^I. William Zartman, Government and Politics in Northern Africa (Methuen, 1964), p164
