List of prime ministers of Somalia

Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke since 24 December 2014
Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, as President of Somalia
Inaugural holder	Abdullahi Issa Mohamud
Formation	29 February 1956
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia

The Prime Minister of Somalia ([Ra'iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the head of government of Somalia. There have been 17 official prime ministers since the office was created in 1956. The first Prime Minister was Abdullahi Issa Mohamud, who served prior to independence in the Trust Territory of Somaliland. The incumbent Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia is Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.

List

Name		Portrait	Birth–Death	Elected	Took office	Left office	Political party
Trust Territory of Somaliland (1956–1960)
style="background:Template:Somali Youth League/meta/color; color:white;"|1	Abdullahi Issa Mohamud		1921–1988	—	29 February 1956	1 July 1960	Somali Youth League
• Republic of Somalia (1960–1969) •
style="background:Template:Somali Youth League/meta/color; color:white;"|2	Mohamad Ibrahim Egal Acting Prime Minister	File:Mohammed Haaji Ibrahim Cigaal.jpg	1928–2002	—	1 July 1960	12 July 1960	Somali Youth League
style="background:Template:Somali Youth League/meta/color; color:white;"|3	Abdirashid Ali Shermarke	File:Abdirashid Ali Shermarke1.jpg	1919–1969	—	12 July 1960	14 June 1964	Somali Youth League
style="background:Template:Somali Youth League/meta/color; color:white;"|4	Abdirizak Haji Hussein	File:Abdirizak.jpg	1924–2014	—	14 June 1964	15 July 1967	Somali Youth League
style="background:Template:Somali Youth League/meta/color; color:white;"|(2)	Mohamad Ibrahim Egal	File:Mohammed Haaji Ibrahim Cigaal.jpg	1928–2002	—	15 July 1967	1 November 1969	Somali Youth League
Post Abolished (1 November1969–1 February 1987)
• Democratic Republic of Somalia (1969–1991) •
style="background:Template:Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|5	Muhammad Ali Samatar		1931–	—	1 February 1987	3 September 1990	Military / Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
style="background:Template:Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party/meta/color; color:white;"|6	Muhammad Hawadle Madar		1939–2005	—	3 September 1990	24 January 1991 (Deposed)	Military / Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
style="background:Template:United Somali Congress/meta/color; color:white;"|7	Umar Arteh Ghalib		1930–	—	24 January 1991	May 1993 de facto to 3 Jan 1997	United Somali Congress
Vacant (May 1993 - 8 Oct 2000)
• Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000-2004) •
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|8	Ali Khalif Galaydh	File:Ali-khalif-galaydh.jpg	1941–	—	8 October 2000	28 October 2001	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|—	Osman Jama Ali Acting Prime Minister		1941–	—	28 October 2001	12 November 2001	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|9	Hassan Abshir Farah	File:1-hassan-abshir-farah.jpg	1945–	—	12 November 2001	8 December 2003	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|10	Mohamed Abdi Yusuf		1945–	—	8 December 2003	23 December 2004	Independent
• Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004-2012) •
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|11	Ali Mohammed Ghedi		1952–	—	23 December 2004	30 October 2007 (Resigned)	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"| —	Salim Aliyow Ibrow Acting Prime Minister		1942–	—	30 October 2007	24 November 2007	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|12	Nur Hassan Hussein	File:Nuur cropped.png	1938–	—	24 November 2007	14 February 2009	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|13	Omar Abdirashid		1960–	—	14 February 2009	24 September 2010	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|—	Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh Acting Prime Minister		1962–	—	24 September 2010	1 November 2010	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|14	Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed		1962–	—	1 November 2010	19 June 2011	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|15	Abdiweli Mohamed Ali		1965–	—	19 June 2011	20 August 2012	Independent
• Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) •
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|(15)	Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Acting Prime Minister		1965–	—	20 August 2012	17 October 2012	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|16	Abdi Farah Shirdon		1958–	—	17 October 2012	21 December 2013	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|17	Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed		1959–	—	21 December 2013	24 December 2014	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:black"|(13)	Omar Abdirashid		1960–	—	24 December 2014	Incumbent	Independent

See also

• Somalia
  • Politics of Somalia
  • List of colonial governors of British Somaliland
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland
  • List of Presidents of Somalia
• Lists of office-holders

References

• World Statesmen - Somalia