This is a list of presidents of Somalia. Since the establishment of the office of president in 1960, there have been 9 official presidents. The president is the head of state of Somalia and the commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The current office holder is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, having been elected in the 2022 presidential election. He is the first person to have held the office on multiple occasions, having been previously elected in the 2012 presidential election and held the office from 2012–2017.

List of officeholders

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Term of office
• Somali Republic (1960–1969) •
1 Aden Adde
(1908–2007)		 1960 1 July 1960 10 June 1967 6 years,

344 days

 SYL
2 Abdirashid Shermarke
(1919–1969)		 1967 10 June 1967 15 October 1969
(Assassinated)		 2 years,

127 days

 SYL
— Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
(1912–2012)
Acting President		 — 15 October 1969 21 October 1969
(Deposed)		 6 days SYL
• Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) •
3 Siad Barre[1]
(1919–1995)		 1980[lower-alpha 1]
1986		 21 October 1969 26 January 1991
(Deposed)		 21 years,

97 days

 Military /
SRSP
• Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) •
4 Ali Mahdi Muhammad
(1939–2021)		 1991 27 January 1991 3 January 1997 5 years,

342 days

 USC
— Mohamed Farrah Aidid
(1934–1996)
Disputed with Ali Mahdi Muhammad		 — 15 June 1995 1 August 1996
(Killed in action)		 1 years,

47 days

 SNA
— Hussein Farrah Aidid
(born 1962)
Disputed with Ali Mahdi Muhammad		 — 2 August 1996 20 March 1998 1 year,

231 days

 SNA
Vacant (3 January 1997–27 August 2000)[lower-alpha 2]
• Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) •
5 Abdiqasim Salad
(born 1941)		 2000 27 August 2000 14 October 2004 4 years,

48 days

 Independent
• Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) •
6 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
(1934–2012)		 2004 14 October 2004 29 December 2008
(Resigned)		 4 years,

76 days

 Independent
— Aden Madobe
(born 1957)
Acting President		 — 29 December 2008 31 January 2009 33 days RRA
7 Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
(born 1964)		 2009 31 January 2009 20 August 2012 3 years,

202 days

 ARS
• Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) •
— Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle
(born 1940)
Acting President		 — 20 August 2012 28 August 2012 8 days Independent
— Mohamed Osman Jawari
(born 1945)
Acting President		 — 28 August 2012 16 September 2012 19 days Independent
8 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
(born 1955)		 2012 16 September 2012 16 February 2017 4 years,

153 days

 PDP
9 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
(born 1962)		 2017 16 February 2017 15 May 2022 5 years,

96 days

 TPP
10 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
(born 1955)		 2022 15 May 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 234 days UPD

Timeline

Mohamed Abdullahi MohamedHassan Sheikh MohamudMohamed Osman JawariMuse Sayyid HassanSharif Sheikh AhmedAden MadobeAbdullahi Yusuf AhmedAbdiqasim SaladHussein Farrah AididMohamed Farrah AididAli Mahdi MuhammadSiad BarreSheikh Mukhtar Mohamed HusseinAbdirashid ShermarkeAden Adde

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ After the 1979 Somali parliamentary election, the People's Assembly elected Barre President on 26 January 1980.[2]
  2. ↑ In the second half of the 1990s, different faction leaders vied for the Presidency, with none receiving international recognition. General Mohamed Farrah Aidid claimed to be President from 15 June 1995 to his death on 1 August 1996, followed by his son Hussein Farrah Aidid from 2 August 1996 to 20 March 1998.

References

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