List of Presidents of Somalia

President of the; Somali Republic;
	; Coat of Arms;
	Incumbent; Sharif Ahmed; since 31 January 2009
Residence	Villa Somalia
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Formation	1 July 1960

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This page contains a list of the Presidents of Somalia, including only people who were internationally-recognized as such.

The second section lists the General Secretary of the totalitarian Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP) in 1976-1991, then possessing full control over the country and hence de facto representing the executive power.

[edit] Presidents of Somalia (1960–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Somali Republic
1 July 1960 to 10 June 1967		Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, President	SYL
10 June 1967 to 15 October 1969		Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President	SYL	Assassinated
15 October 1969 to 21 October 1969		Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Interim President	SYL	Deposed
Somali Democratic Republic
21 October 1969 to 1 July 1976		Mohamed Siad Barre, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council	Mil
1 July 1976 to 26 January 1991		Mohamed Siad Barre, President	SRSP	Deposed at the beginning of the Somali Civil War
Somali Civil War
January 1991 to 3 January 1997		Ali Mahdi Muhammad, President^[1]	USC
15 June 1995 to 1 August 1996		Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President^[1]	SNA	Assassinated
2 August 1996 to 22 December 1997		Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President^[1]	SNA	Son of Mohamed Farrah Aidid; resigned
22 December 1997 to 27 August 2000	Vacant
Somali Republic (Transitional Federal Government)
27 August 2000 to 14 October 2004		Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President	n-p
14 October 2004 to 29 December 2008		Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President	SSDF	Resigned
29 December 2008 to 31 January 2009		Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe, Interim President	RRA
31 January 2009 to Present		Sharif Ahmed, President	ARS

^ ^a ^b ^c From November 1991 there was no effective and/or recognized national government; parts of the country were controlled by different warlords, significant among them Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who claimed to be President from 15 June 1995 to his death on 1 August 1996, followed by his son Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid from 2 August 1996 to 22 December 1997. De facto the state was in anarchy without any governmental structures.

President of the Somali Republic
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Sharif Ahmed since 31 January 2009
Residence	Villa Somalia
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Formation	1 July 1960