1960 in Somalia

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	History of Somalia; List of years in Somalia;

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Somalia.

Incumbents

June 26 - The State of Somaliland, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, attained independence from the United Kingdom.^[2]

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.^[3]

^ Zuber, David (17 April 2022). "Aden Abdullah Osman Daar (1908-2007) •". blackpast.org. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ 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