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'{{Politics of Somalia}} This is a '''list of [[President of Somalia|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 President is [[Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed]], elected in [[Somali presidential election, 2017|2017]]. ==List== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=2|Name ! Portrait ! Birth–Death ! Elected ! Took office ! Left office ! Political party |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Somali Republic]]''' (1960–1969) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{Somali Youth League/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 1 | [[Aden Abdullah Osman Daar]] | [[File:Aden Abdullah Osman Daar.JPG|80px]] | 1908–2007 | 1960 | 1 July 1960 | 10 June 1967 | [[Somali Youth League]] |- ! style="background:{{Somali Youth League/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 2 | [[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]] | [[File:Abdirashid Ali Shermarke1.jpg|80px]] | 1919–1969 | 1967 | 10 June 1967 | 15 October 1969<br>{{small|(Assassinated)}} | [[Somali Youth League]] |- ! style="background:{{Somali Youth League/meta/color}}; color:white;"| — | [[Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein]]<br>{{small|''Acting President''}} | [[File:Sheikh Mukhtar.jpg|80px]] | 1912–2012 | — | 15 October 1969 | 21 October 1969<br>{{small|(Deposed)}} | [[Somali Youth League]] |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Somali Democratic Republic]]''' (1969–1991) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 3 | [[Siad Barre|Mohamed Siad Barre]]<ref>Also styled as ''President of [[Supreme Revolutionary Council (Somalia)|Supreme Revolutionary Council]]''</ref> | [[File:Siad Barre.png|80px]] | 1919–1995 | 1979<br>[[Somali presidential election, 1986|1986]] | 21 October 1969 | 26 January 1991<br>{{small|([[Somali Rebellion|Deposed]])}} | [[Somali Armed Forces|Military]] / <br> [[Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party]] |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Interim Government of Somalia]]''' (1991–1997) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{United Somali Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 4 | [[Ali Mahdi Muhammad]]<ref name="1991-1995">From November 1991 to 1995, Ali Mahdi Muhammad enjoyed recognition as President in the international community following the 1991 Djibouti conference: "at the second Djibouti conference (Aideed boycotted the first) held between 15 and 21 July 1991, Ali Mahdi was elected interim President of Somalia for a period of two years[...] Because of the legitimacy conferred on Ali Mahdi by the Djibouti conference, his government was recognized by several countries, including Djibouti, Egypt, Italy, and Saudi Arabia"; c.f. [https://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/5267/ubc_1994-0415.pdf?sequence=1].</ref> | [[File:Ali4th.jpg|80px]] | 1939– | 1991 | 27 January 1991 | 3 January 1997 | [[United Somali Congress]] |- | colspan=8 align=center|''Vacant (3 January 1997–27 August 2000)''<ref name="1995-2000">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.</ref> |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Transitional National Government|Transitional National Government of Somalia]]''' (2000–2004) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}; color:black"| 5 | [[Abdiqasim Salad Hassan]] | [[File:Abdiqasimsalad.jpg|80px]] | 1941– | 2000 | 27 August 2000 | 14 October 2004 | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Transitional Federal Government|Transitional Federal Government of Somalia]]''' (2004–2012) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}; color:black"| 6 | [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]] | [[File:Somalian10ef5-1.jpg|80px]] | 1934–2012 | 2004 | 14 October 2004 | 29 December 2008<br>{{small|(Resigned)}} | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- ! style="background:{{Rahanweyn Resistance Army/meta/color}}; color:white;"| — | [[Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe]]<br>{{small|''Acting President''}} | [[File:Adan.png|80px]] | 1957– | — | 29 December 2008 | 31 January 2009 | [[Rahanweyn Resistance Army]] |- ! style="background:{{Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 7 | [[Sharif Sheikh Ahmed]] | [[File:Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, 12th AU Summit, 090202-N-0506A-337-2.jpg|80px]] | 1966– | [[Somali presidential election, 2009|2009]] | 31 January 2009 | 20 August 2012 | [[Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia]] |- |colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|25px]] • '''[[Federal Government of Somalia|Federal Republic of Somalia]]''' (2012–present) • [[File:Coat of arms of Somalia.svg|20px]] |- ! style="background:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}; color:black"| — | [[Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle]]<br>{{small|''Acting President''}}<ref name="August 2012">From 20 August 2012 to 28 August 2012, Muse Hassan Abdulle served as acting Speaker of the Parliament, and as such, as acting President while elections for a new Speaker and President were forthcoming. Per Article 95 of the [http://www.somaliweyn.com/pages/news/Aug_12/Somalia_Constitution_English_FOR_WEB.pdf provisional constitution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124010543/http://www.somaliweyn.com/pages/news/Aug_12/Somalia_Constitution_English_FOR_WEB.pdf |date=2013-01-24 }}: "If the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia falls vacant, the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament shall act as President of the Federal Republic until such time as a new President of the Federal Republic is elected, within a maximum of thirty (30) days."; also c.f. [http://rulers.org/2012-08.html Rulers.org – August 2012], [http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/photo/photoByReportage.cfm?ref=021607&sitelang=en].</ref> | [[File:Muse Hassan Abdulle.jpg|80px]] | 1939– | — | 20 August 2012 | 28 August 2012 | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- ! style="background:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}; color:black"| — | [[Mohamed Osman Jawari]]<br>{{small|''Acting President''}} | [[File:Jawari.png|80px]] | 1945– | — | 28 August 2012 | 16 September 2012 | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- ! style="background:{{Peace and Development Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 8 | [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]] | [[File:Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 2013.jpg|80px]] | 1955– | [[Somali presidential election, 2012|2012]] | 16 September 2012 | 16 February 2017 | [[Peace and Development Party]] |- ! style="background:{{Tayo (political party)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 9 | [[Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo]] | [[File:Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (cropped).jpg|80px]] | 1962– | [[Somali presidential election, 2017|2017]] | 16 February 2017 | Incumbent<br>{{small|(''mandate expires on 16 February 2021'')}} | [[Tayo (political party)|Tayo Political Party]] |} ==Footnotes== {{Reflist|2}} ==See also== *[[Somalia]] **[[Politics of Somalia]] **[[List of colonial governors of British Somaliland]] **[[List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland]] **[[President of Somalia]] **[[Prime Minister of Somalia]] **[[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Somalia|Speaker of Somali Parliament]] *[[Lists of office-holders]] *[[List of current heads of state and government]] ==References== *[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Somalia.html World Statesmen - Somalia] {{Somalia topics}} {{Presidents of Somalia}} [[Category:Lists of presidents|Somalia]] [[Category:Presidents of Somalia| ]] [[Category:Somalia history-related lists|Presidents]] [[Category:1960 establishments in Somalia]]'