List of prime ministers of Somalia
This is a list of prime ministers of Somalia. The Prime Minister of Somalia (Somali: [Ra'iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the head of government of Somalia. There have been 18 official prime ministers since the office was created in 1956.
| Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Ra'iisul wasaaraha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliyeed | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Appointer | President of Somalia |
| Formation | 29 February 1956 |
| First holder | Abdullahi Issa |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia |
| Website | https://opm.gov.so/en |
The incumbent Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia is Hamza Abdi Barre since 2022.
List
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
 • Trust Territory of Somaliland (1956–1960) • 
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| — | Abdullahi Issa (1921–1988) | 29 February 1956 | 1 July 1960 | 4 years, 123 days | SYL | 1956 1959 | |
• Somali Republic (1960–1969) • 
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| 1 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928–2002) | 1 July 1960 | 12 July 1960 | 11 days | SYL | — | |
| 2 | Abdirashid Shermarke (1919–1969) | 12 July 1960 | 14 June 1964 | 6 years, 337 days | SYL | — | |
| 3 | Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1924–2014) | 14 June 1964 | 15 July 1967 | 31 days | SYL | 1964 | |
| (2) | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928–2002) (Deposed) | 15 July 1967 | 21 October 1969 | 2 years, 98 days | SYL | 1969 | |
| • Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) •
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| Post Abolished (21 October 1969–1 February 1987) | |||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Ali Samatar (1931–2016) | 1 February 1987 | 3 September 1990 | 3 years, 214 days | SRSP | — | |
| 6 | Hawadle Madar (1939–2005) (Deposed) | 3 September 1990 | 24 January 1991 | 143 days | SRSP | — | |
| • Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) •
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| Umar Ghalib (1930–2020) [1] | 24 January 1991 | May 1993 (De facto to 3 January 1997) | 5 years, 345 days | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/U' not found. | — | ||
| Vacant (May 1993–8 October 2000)[1] | |||||||
| • Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) •
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| 8 | Ali Khalif Galaydh (1941–2020) | 8 October 2000 | 28 October 2001 | 1 year, 20 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Osman Jama Ali (born 1941) Acting | 28 October 2001 | 12 November 2001 | 15 days | Independent | — | |
| 9 | Hassan Abshir Farah (1945–2020) | 12 November 2001 | 8 December 2003 | 2 years, 26 days | Independent | — | |
| 10 | Muhammad Abdi Yusuf (born 1941) | 8 December 2003 | 23 December 2004 | 1 year, 15 days | Independent | — | |
| • Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) •
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| 11 | Ali Gedi (born 1952) | 23 December 2004 | 30 October 2007 (Resigned) | 2 years, 311 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Salim Aliyow Ibrow (born 1942) Acting | 30 October 2007 | 24 November 2007 | 25 days | Independent | — | |
| 12 | Nur Hassan Hussein (1937–2020) | 24 November 2007 | 14 February 2009 | 1 year, 82 days | Independent | — | |
| 13 | Omar Sharmarke (born 1960) | 14 February 2009 | 24 September 2010 | 1 year, 222 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Abdiwahid Gonjeh (born 1962) Acting | 24 September 2010 | 1 November 2010 | 38 days | Independent | — | |
| 14 | Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (born 1962) | 1 November 2010 | 19 June 2011 | 230 days | Independent | — | |
| 15 | Abdiweli Gaas (born 1965) | 19 June 2011 | 20 August 2012 | 1 year, 62 days | Independent | — | |
| • Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) •
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| — | Abdiweli Gaas (born 1965) Acting | 20 August 2012 | 17 October 2012 | 58 days | Independent | — | |
| 16 | Abdi Farah Shirdon (born 1958) | 17 October 2012 | 21 December 2013 | 1 year, 65 days | Independent | — | |
| 17 | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (born 1959) | 21 December 2013 | 24 December 2014 | 1 year, 3 days | Independent | — | |
| (13) | Omar Sharmarke (born 1960) | 24 December 2014 | 1 March 2017 | 2 years, 67 days | Independent | 2016 | |
| 19 | Hassan Ali Khaire (born 1968) | 1 March 2017 | 25 July 2020 | 3 years, 146 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid (born 1973) Acting | 25 July 2020 | 23 September 2020 | 60 days | Independent | — | |
| 20 | Mohamed Hussein Roble (born 1963) | 23 September 2020 | 26 June 2022 | 1 year, 276 days | Independent | — | |
| 21 | Hamza Abdi Barre (born 1972) | 26 June 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 162 days | Independent | — | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 From November 1991 to 2000, there was no recognized central government. The southern part of the country was controlled by different faction leaders; notably General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who claimed to be President from 15 June 1995 to his death on 1 August 1996, followed by his son Hussein Farrah Aidid from 4 August 1996 to 20 March 1998. Decentralization took place in other areas, characterized by a return to customary and religious law in many places as well as the establishment of autonomous regional governments in the northern part of the country.