List_of_Presidents_of_Somalia

List of presidents of Somalia

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 multiple occasions, having been previously elected in the 2012 presidential election and held the office from 2012–2017.

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Mohamed Abdullahi MohamedHassan Sheikh MohamudMohamed Osman JawariMuse Sayyid HassanSharif Sheikh AhmedAden MadobeAbdullahi Yusuf AhmedAbdiqasim SaladHussein Farrah AididMohamed Farrah AididAli Mahdi MuhammadSiad BarreSheikh Mukhtar Mohamed HusseinAbdirashid ShermarkeAden Adde

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Notes

  1. Deposed in the 1969 coup d'état.
  2. ↑
    Also styled as President of Supreme Revolutionary Council
  3. Also styled as President of Supreme Revolutionary Council
  4. Deposed in the Somali Rebellion.
  5. After the 1979 parliamentary election, the People's Assembly elected Barre President on 26 January 1980.[1]
  6. ↑
    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.[2]
  7. 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.[3]
  8. 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.
  9. ↑
    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 provisional constitution Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine: "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.[4]
  10. 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 provisional constitution Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine: "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.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "SOMALIA 1979" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    Fricska, Szilard Paul (1994). Harbinger of a new world order?: humanitarian intervention in Somalia (Thesis). University of British Columbia.
  3. [3]
    Fricska, Szilard Paul (1994). Harbinger of a new world order?: humanitarian intervention in Somalia (Thesis). University of British Columbia.
  4. [4]
    Rulers.org – August 2012, .
  5. [5]
    Rulers.org – August 2012, .
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