Mohamed Farrah Aidid Politician

General Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid (Somali: Maxamed Faarax Xasan Caydiid, Arabic: محمد فرح حسن عيديد‎) (December 15, 1934 – August 2, 1996) was a Somali military commander and faction leader. A former general and diplomat, he was the chairman of the United Somali Congress (USC) and later led the Somali National Alliance (SNA). Along with other armed opposition groups, they drove out President Mohamed Siad Barre's regime from Somalia's capital Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War that broke out in the early 1990s.In 1992, Aidid challenged the presence of US-led United Nations troops in the nation. He was one of the main targets of the Unified Task Force. After eventually forcing UN forces to abandon the country in 1995, Aidid declared himself President of Somalia for a few months until his death the following year.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 15, 1934
Birth place	Somalia , Beledweyne , Mudug
Date of death	August 01, 1996
Place of death	Somalia , Mogadishu
Education	Military academies in Russia