List of presidents of Somalia
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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 several occasions, having been previously elected in the 2012 presidential election and held the office from 2012–2017.
British Military Administration/Trust Territory of Somaliland
[edit]From 1941 until 1950, Italian Somaliland was governed by the British Military Administration. The territory was thereafter administered as the Trust Territory of Somaliland, a United Nations trusteeship with Italian administration. The governors were:
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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British administration of Italian Somaliland | |||
25 February 1941 to 20 March 1941 | Alan Cunningham, General Officer Commanding |
Military occupation | |
20 March 1941 to May 1943 | William Eric Halstead Scuphan, Chief Administrator |
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May 1943 to 1948 | Denis Henry Widcham, Chief Administrator |
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1948 | Eric Armar Vully de Candole, Chief Administrator |
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1948 to 1 April 1950 | Geoffrey Massey Gamble, Chief Administrator |
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Italian Somaliland, Trust Territory of Somalia | |||
Under Italian administration (Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia, AFIS) | |||
1 April 1950 to 1953 | Giovanni Fornari, Administrator[1] |
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1953 to 1954 | Vacant | ||
1954 to 1957 | Enrico Martino, Administrator |
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1957 to 24 July 1958 | Enrico Anzilotti, Administrator |
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24 July 1958 to 1 July 1960 | Mario Di Stefano, Administrator |
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1 July 1960 | Unification of the Trust Territory of Somalia and the State of Somaliland, establishing the Somali Republic (Somalia). |
List
[edit]Name | Portrait | Birth–Death | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | |
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• Somali Republic (1960–1969) • | |||||||
1 | Aden Adde | 1908–2007 | 1960 | 1 July 1960 | 10 June 1967 | SYL | |
2 | Abdirashid Shermarke | 1919–1969 | 1967 | 10 June 1967 | 15 October 1969 (Assassinated) |
SYL | |
— | Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein Acting President |
1912–2012 | — | 15 October 1969 | 21 October 1969 (Deposed) |
SYL | |
• Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) • | |||||||
3 | Siad Barre[2] | 1919–1995 | 1980 1986 |
21 October 1969 | 26 January 1991 (Deposed) |
Military / SRSP | |
• Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) • | |||||||
4 | Ali Mahdi Muhammad | 1939– | 1991 | 27 January 1991 | 3 January 1997 | USC | |
5 | Mohamed Farrah Aidid | 1934— 1996 | 3 January 1995 | 1 August 1996 | Independent | ||
6 | Hussein Farrah Aidid | 1962 — | 1 August 1996 | 20 March 1998 | Independent | ||
— | Somali National Alliance | — | 20 March 1998 | 2000 | Co-Chairmen of National Salvation Council | ||
— | Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council | — | 2000 | 27 August 2000 | Independent | ||
• Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) • | |||||||
7 | Mohamed Abshir Muse | 1926 – 2017 | 13 August 2000 | 22 August 2000 | Independent | ||
8 | Abdallah Isaaq Deerow | 1950–2006 | 22 August 2000 | 27 August 2000 | Independent | ||
9 | Abdiqasim Salad | 1941– | 2000 | 27 August 2000 | 1 July 2003 | Independent | |
10 | Abdinur Darman | 1953– | 1 July 2003 | 14 October 2003 | Independent | ||
9 | Abdiqasim Salad | 1941– | 14 October 2003 | 14 October 2004 | Independent | ||
• Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) • | |||||||
11 | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | 1934–2012 | 2004 | 14 October 2004 | 29 December 2008 (Resigned) |
Independent | |
12 | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed | 1964– | 5 June 2006 | 29June 2006 | Islamic Courts Union | ||
13 | Hassan Dahir Aweys | 1935— | 29 June 2006 | 29 December 2006 | Islamic Courts Union | ||
14 | Aden Madobe Acting President |
1957– | — | 29 December 2008 | 31 January 2009 | RRA | |
12 | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed | 1964– | 2009 | 31 January 2009 | 20 August 2012 | ARS | |
• Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) • | |||||||
15 | Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle Acting President |
1939– | — | 20 August 2012 | 28 August 2012 | Independent | |
16 | Mohamed Osman Jawari Acting President |
1945– | — | 28 August 2012 | 16 September 2012 | Independent | |
17 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | 1955– | 2012 | 16 September 2012 | 16 February 2017 | PDP | |
18 | Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed | 1962– | 2017 | 16 February 2017 | 16 February 2021 | TPP | |
17 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | 1955– | 2021 | 16 February 2021 | 16 February 2022 | PDP | |
17 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | 1955– | 2022 | 16 February 2022 | 6 June 2022 | PDP | |
— | H.E.Sadia Haji Samatar | 1955– | 6 June 2022 | 28 August 2022 | PDP | ||
17 | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | 1955– | — | 28 August 2022 | Incumbent | PDP |
Timeline
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Patrizia Palumbo (2003). A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-Unification to the Present. University of California Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-520-93626-3.
- ^ Also styled as President of Supreme Revolutionary Council