# Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke (Yaasiin Xaaji Cismaan Sharmaarke)

> Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke (d.1947): founder and first leader of the Somali Youth League.

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## Who was he?

Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke was a Somali political figure and activist who led and helped found the Somali Youth League, established in 1943 as Somalia's first political party ([Wikipedia, Yasin Haji Osman Sharmarke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasin_Haji_Osman_Sharmarke)). Wikipedia says he was from the Osman Mahamoud sub-clan of the Majeerteen (same source). See [The Somali Youth League](/en/history/somali-youth-league/).

## Influences

Wikipedia states that he and other early SYL nationalists were strongly influenced by the Dervish movement of [Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan](/en/people/sayid-maxamed-cabdulle-xasan/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasin_Haji_Osman_Sharmarke)). See [The Dervish movement](/en/history/dervish-movement-1899-1920/).

## Death

He died in June 1947 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasin_Haji_Osman_Sharmarke)).

## In short

The founding leader of the Somali Youth League, Somalia's first political party.

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