List of presidents of Somalia

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

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
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
May 1943 to 1948		Denis Henry Widcham, Chief Administrator
1948		Eric Armar Vully de Candole, Chief Administrator
1948 to 1 April 1950		Geoffrey Massey Gamble, Chief Administrator
Italian Somaliland, Trust Territory of Somalia
Under Italian administration (Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia, AFIS)
1 April 1950 to 1953		Giovanni Fornari, Administrator^[1]
1953 to 1954	Vacant
1954 to 1957		Enrico Martino, Administrator
1957 to 24 July 1958		Enrico Anzilotti, Administrator
24 July 1958 to 1 July 1960		Mario Di Stefano, Administrator
1 July 1960	Unification of the Trust Territory of Somalia and the State of Somaliland, establishing the Somali Republic (Somalia).

List

Name		Birth–Death	Elected	Took office	Left office	Political party
• 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

Notes

References

^ 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

External links

World Statesmen – Somalia

[1] 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.

[2] Also styled as President of Supreme Revolutionary Council

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v t e Presidents of Somalia (List)
Somali Republic (1960–1969)	Aden Adde Abdirashid Shermarke Sheikh Mukhtar^*	Seal of the President of Somalia
Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991)	Siad Barre
Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997)	Ali Mahdi
Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004)	Abdiqasim Salad
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012)	Abdullahi Yusuf Aden Madobe^* Sharif Ahmed
Federal Republic of Somalia (since 2012)	Musa Abdulle^* Mohamed Jawari^* Hassan Sheikh Mohamed Farmajo Hassan Sheikh
* Acting