The president of Somalia (Somali: Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. There have been 9 official presidents since the office was created in 1960. The president is also 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 officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| • Somali Republic (1960–1969) • | |||||||
| 1 | Aden Adde (1908–2007) | 1 July 1960 | 10 June 1967 | 6 years, 344 days | SYL | 1960 | |
| 2 | Abdirashid Shermarke (1919–1969) | 10 June 1967 | 15 October 1969 † | 2 years, 127 days | SYL | 1967 | |
| – | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912–2012) Acting | 15 October 1969 | 21 October 1969 | 6 days | SYL | — | |
| • Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) • | |||||||
| 3 | Siad Barre (1910–1995) | 21 October 1969 | 26 January 1991 | 21 years, 97 days | SRSP | 1980 1986 | |
| • Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) • | |||||||
| 4 | Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939–2021) | 27 January 1991 | 3 January 1997 (De facto to 27 August 2000) | 9 years, 213 days | USC | 1991 | |
| Vacant (3 January 1997–27 August 2000) | |||||||
| • Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) • | |||||||
| 5 | Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (born 1941) | 27 August 2000 | 14 October 2004 | 4 years, 48 days | Independent | 2000 | |
| • Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) • | |||||||
| 6 | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934–2012) | 14 October 2004 | 29 December 2008 (Resigned) | 4 years, 76 days | Independent | 2004 | |
| – | Aden Madobe (born 1957) Acting | 29 December 2008 | 31 January 2009 | 33 days | RRA | — | |
| 7 | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (born 1964) | 31 January 2009 | 20 August 2012 | 3 years, 202 days | ARS | 2009 | |
| • Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) • | |||||||
| – | Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle (born 1940) Acting | 20 August 2012 | 28 August 2012 | 8 days | Independent | — | |
| – | Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945–2024) Acting | 28 August 2012 | 16 September 2012 | 19 days | Independent | — | |
| 8 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (born 1955) | 16 September 2012 | 16 February 2017 | 4 years, 153 days | PDP | 2012 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (born 1962) | 16 February 2017 | 23 May 2022 | 5 years, 96 days | TPP | 2017 | |
| 10 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (born 1955) | 23 May 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 211 days | UPD | 2022 | |
Timeline
See also
- History of Somalia
- Politics of Somalia
- List of colonial governors of British Somaliland
- List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland
- President of Somalia
- List of prime ministers of Somalia
- List of speakers of the Parliament of Somalia
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