List of Prime Ministers of Somalia

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Coat of arms of Somalia
Acting Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire (since February 23, 2017)
Official seat	Mogadishu
Term of office	4 years
Creation of office	July 1, 1960
Presidency of	Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

The list of Prime Ministers of Somalia includes all holders of this title from Somalia's independence in June / July 1960 until today.

After the outbreak of the civil war, there was no functioning central government for a long time. 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 controlled only a tiny fraction of the former national territory.

Following military intervention by the neighboring states of Kenya and Ethiopia against the militant Islamist al-Shabaab and the corresponding successes of Somali militias and clans who advocate the restoration of Somalia, a new constitution as a federal state was agreed in autumn 2012. Since then, the newly created federal government has endeavored to rebuild state functions and integrate further clans and groups.

Of the various de facto autonomous states that have since emerged in the area, the respective incumbent was often not recognized or the transitional government was generally denied the right to occupy. The office of Somali Prime Minister as such was not in doubt. An exception is Somaliland , which has no longer considered itself part of Somalia since it was founded in 1991 and has set up a different system of government without the office of prime minister for the area it controls.

#	image	Surname	Taking office	Resignation	Political party	Remarks
Italian Somalia Trust Territory
-		Abdullahi Issa Mohamud	February 29, 1956	July 1, 1960	SYL
Republic of Somalia
1		Mohammed Haji Ibrahim It doesn't matter	July 1, 1960	July 12, 1960	SNL	first term
2		Abdirashid Ali Shermarke	July 12, 1960	June 14, 1964	SYL
3		Abdirizak Haji Hussein	June 14, 1964	July 15, 1967	SYL	until September 28, 1964 initially only provisionally
(1)		Mohammed Haji Ibrahim It doesn't matter	July 15, 1967	October 21, 1969	SYL	second term, Siad Barre overthrew the government on October 21
Democratic Republic of Somalia
(1)		Mohammed Haji Ibrahim It doesn't matter	October 21, 1969	1st November 1969	SYL	formally still in office
4th		Mohammed Farah Salad	1st November 1969	March 1970	military	Supreme Revolutionary Council
The office was abolished under President Siad Barre from March 1970 to February 1, 1987
5		Mohammed Ali Samatar	February 1, 1987	3rd September 1990	XHKS
6th		Mohammed Hawadle Madar	3rd September 1990	January 24, 1991	XHKS
Transitional Government (In the early years of the Somali Civil War )
7th		Umar Arteh Ghalib	January 24, 1991	May 1993 (formally until 1997)	USC
The post was vacant from May 1993 to October 8, 2000
Transitional National Government of Somalia (TNG)
8th		Ali Khalif Galaid	October 8, 2000	October 28, 2001	-
9		Osman Jama Ali	October 28, 2001	November 12, 2001	-	provisionally
10		Hassan Abshir Farah	November 12, 2001	December 8, 2003	-	sacked under President Abdikassim Salat Hassan
11		Mohammed Abdi Yusuf	December 8, 2003	November 3, 2004	-	sacked, under President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG)
12		Ali Mohammed Ghedi	November 3, 2004	October 29, 2007	-	resigned, under President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
13		Salim Aliyow Ibrow	October 29, 2007	November 22, 2007	-	provisional, after the previous person's resignation
14th		Just Hassan Hussein	November 22, 2007	February 2009	-	released on December 16, 2008, under President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed . Continuation of office after his resignation.
-		Mohammed Mahmud Guled	December 16, 2008	December 24, 2008	-	Appointed under President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed , but declared resignation before parliament
15th		Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke	February 13, 2009	September 21, 2010	-	first term
16		Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh	September 24, 2010	October 31, 2010	-	provisional after the previous resignation
17th		Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed	October 31, 2010	June 19, 2011	-
18th		Abdiweli Mohamed Ali	June 19, 2011	20th August 2012	-	until June 28, 2011 initially only provisionally
Federal Republic of Somalia
(18)		Abdiweli Mohamed Ali	August 20, 2011	17th October 2012	independent	executive
19th		Abdi Farah Shirdon	17th October 2012	2nd December 2013	independent	deposed by a vote of no confidence
20th		Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed	December 12th 2013	December 6, 2014	independent	deposed by a vote of no confidence because of disagreements with the president
(15)		Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke	December 24, 2014	1st March 2017	independent	second term
21st		Hassan Ali Khaire	1st March 2017	July 25, 2020	independent	deposed by a vote of no confidence
22nd		Mahdi Mohamed Guleid	July 25, 2020	-	independent	executive

See also

• List of Presidents of Somalia

source

• worldstatesmen.org
• rulers.org