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 President is Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Faarmajo”, elected in 2017.[1]
List of officeholders[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
 • Somali Republic (1960–1969) •  |
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| 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 (Assassinated) |
2 years, 127 days | SYL | 1967 |
| — |  |
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912–2012) Acting |
15 October 1969 | 21 October 1969 (Deposed) |
6 days | SYL | — |
| • Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) • |
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| 3 |  |
Siad Barre (1910–1995) [a] |
21 October 1969 | 26 January 1991 (Deposed) |
21 years, 97 days | Military / SRSP |
1980 1986 |
| • Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) • |
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| 4 | Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939–2021) [b] |
27 January 1991 | 3 January 1997 | 5 years, 342 days | USC | 1991 | |
| Vacant (3 January 1997–27 August 2000)[c] | |||||||
| • Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) • |
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| 5 |  |
Abdiqasim Salad (born 1941) |
27 August 2000 | 14 October 2004 | 4 years, 48 days | Independent | 2000 |
| • Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) • |
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| 6 |  |
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934–2012) |
14 October 2004 | 29 December 2008 (Resigned) |
4 years, 76 days | Independent | 2004 |
| — |  |
Aden Madobe (born 1956) 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) • |
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| — |  |
Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle (born 1940) Acting[d] |
20 August 2012 | 28 August 2012 | 8 days | Independent | — |
| — |  |
Mohamed Osman Jawari (born 1945) 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 | Incumbent (mandate expires on 16 February 2021) |
4 years, 59 days | TPP | 2017 |