List of Presidents of Somalia
President of the Federal Republic of Somalia | |
Presidency emblem | |
Acting President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed since February 8, 2017 |
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Official seat | Villa Somalia in Mogadishu |
Term of office | 4 years |
Creation of office | July 1, 1960 |
Last choice | February 8, 2017 |
The list of Presidents of Somalia includes all holders of this title from Somalia's independence from July 1960 to the present day.
When the civil war broke out in 1991, Somalia no longer had a functioning central government. After Siad Barre's death , Ali Mahdi Mohammed declared himself president, but could not prevail. From 1995 until his death on August 1, 1996, Mohammed Farah Aidid claimed the title of president. His son and successor Hussein Mohammed Farah took over the claim and held it until December 22, 1997.
The transitional government of Somalia , founded on the initiative of the international community, was regarded internationally as the legitimate representative of the country at the United Nations and other organizations, but for most of the time it controlled only a small fraction of the former national territory.
Somaliland declared its independence in 1991 and has had its own presidents ever since. The other de facto regimes that emerged in Somalia continued to admit their commitment to the common state, but nevertheless acted almost completely autonomously and also determined their own governments. The presidents of the internationally recognized transitional governments had practically no influence. With the establishment of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the restoration of state structures and institutions began. Which regimes will seriously and permanently participate and subordinate to a new central government is in part still the subject of ongoing negotiations or ongoing military operations.
# | image | Surname | Taking office | Resignation | Political party | Remarks |
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Republic of Somalia | ||||||
1 | Aden Abdullah Osman Daar | July 1, 1960 | June 10, 1967 | SYL | ||
2 | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | June 10, 1967 | 15th October 1969 | SYL | murdered | |
- | Mukhtar Mohammed Hussein | 15th October 1969 | October 21, 1969 | SYL | interim president after Shermarke's assassination; overturned | |
Democratic Republic of Somalia | ||||||
3 | Siad Barre | October 21, 1969 | January 26, 1991 | SRSP | initially Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council , President from 1976; overturned | |
Transitional Government (in the early years of the Somali Civil War ) | ||||||
4th | Ali Mahdi Muhammad | January 29, 1991 | January 3, 1997 | USC | Self-appointed interim president, confirmed in Djibouti in July 1991 by conference participants and partially recognized internationally | |
- | Mohammed Farah Aidid | from June 1991 | August 1, 1996 | SNA | (Counter) President without recognition, self-appointed; suffered fatal injuries in the civil war | |
- | Hussein Mohammed Farah | 2nd August 1996 | December 22, 1997 | SNA | (Counter) president without recognition; Takeover of the title after the death of his father Mohammed Farah Aidid ; resigned | |
Office vacant from December 22, 1997 to August 27, 2000 | ||||||
Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG) | ||||||
5 | Abdikassim Salat Hassan | August 27, 2000 | October 14, 2004 | Non-party | in Kenyan exile | |
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) | ||||||
6th | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | October 14, 2004 | December 29, 2008 | SSDF | resigned from 2005 in Baidoa , from 2007 in Mogadishu | |
- | Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe | December 29, 2008 | January 31, 2009 | RRA | Interim President after the previous resignation | |
7th | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed | January 31, 2009 | September 10, 2012 | ARS | elected in Djibouti by conference participants | |
Federal Republic of Somalia | ||||||
- | Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle | 20th August 2012 | August 28, 2012 | Non-party | Interim President | |
- | Mohammed Osman Jawari | August 28, 2012 | September 16, 2012 | Non-party | Interim President | |
8th | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | September 16, 2012 | February 8, 2017 (regular end of term: October 30, 2016) |
PDP | elected by tribal representatives |
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9 | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | February 8, 2017 |
officiating |
Tayo | elected by the members of both chambers of the federal parliament |