President of Somaliland

The president of Somaliland is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somaliland Armed Forces.[1][2]

List of officeholders

During the Ottoman Empire (1517–1917)

Muhammed bin Abd al-Muin, Sharif of Mecca 1827–1851, as pictured in the 1848 book by William Francis Lynch
Emir Reign Notes
Barakat II bin Muhammed 1473–1525 Co-reigned with his son Abu Numayy II for the last thirteen years of his rule; first Ottoman Sharif; Hejaz became an Ottoman state after the fall of Cairo to Sultan Selim I.
Abu Numayy II bin Barakat 1512–1584 Co-reigned with his father Barakat II for the first thirteen years of his rule, and with his son Hassan for the last thirty-one years of his rule; rebuilt the walls of Jeddah in 1525 following the victory over the Portuguese in the Red Sea.
Hassan bin Abu Numayy II 1553–1601 Co-reigned with his father for the first thirty-one years of his rule.
Abd al-Muttalib bin Hassan 1601 Reigned for less than a year.
Abu Talib bin Hassan 1601–1603 Co-reigned with his brother Idris.
Idris bin Hassan 1601–1620 Co-reigned with his brother Abu Talib for the first two years of his rule, then with his brother Fuhaid for six years and nephew Muhsin for sixteen.
Fuhaid bin Hassan 1604–1610 Co-reigned with his brother Idris and his son Muhsin.
Muhsin bin Fuhaid 1604–1628 Co-reigned with his father for the first six years of his rule, and with his uncle Idris for the first sixteen.
Ahmed bin Abd al-Muttalib 1628–1629
Masoud bin Idris 1629–1630
Abdullah I bin Hassan 1630–1631
Muhammed bin Abdullah 1631–1632 Co-reigned with his first cousin once removed, Zeid.
Zeid bin Muhsin 1631–1632 First reign, co-reigned with his first cousin once removed, Muhammed.
Namy bin Abd al-Muttalib 1632 Briefly co-reigned with his cousin Abd al-Aziz.
Abd al-Aziz bin Idris 1632 Briefly co-reigned with his cousin Namy.
Zeid bin Muhsin 1632–1666 Second reign.
Saad bin Zeid 1666–1672 First reign, co-reigned with his brother Ahmed for the last three years of his rule.
Ahmed bin Zeid 1669–1672 First reign, co-reigned with his brother Saad.
Barakat bin Muhammed bin Ibrahim bin Barakat bin Abu Numayy 1672–1682
Said bin Barakat 1682–1683
Ahmed bin Zeid 1672–1688
Ahmed bin Ghalib bin Muhammed bin Musaid bin Masoud bin Hasan 1688–1690
Muhsin bin Hussein 1690–1691
Said bin Saad 1691 Ceded reign to his father Saad.
Saad bin Zeid 1691–1696 Second reign.
Abdullah II bin Hashim 1696 Co-reigned with Said.
Saad bin Zeid 1694–1702 Third reign.
Abdulkarim bin Muhammed 1704–1705 First reign.
Saad bin Zeid 1705 Fourth reign, lasted eighteen days.
Said bin Saad 1705
Abdulkarim bin Muhammed 1705–1711 Second reign.
Said bin Saad 1711–1717 Second reign.
Abdullah III bin Said 1717–1718 First reign.
Ali bin Said 1718
Yahya bin Barakat 1718–1720
Mubarak bin Ahmad 1720–1723
Yahya bin Barakat 1723–1725
Abdullah III bin Said 1725–1731 Second reign.
Muhammed bin Abdullah 1731–1733 Co-reigned with his uncle Masoud for the last year of his rule.
Masoud bin Said 1732–1752 Briefly co-reigned with his nephew Muhammed for the first year of his rule.
Musaid bin Said 1752–1759 First reign.
Jafar bin Said 1759–1760
Musaid bin Said 1760–1770 Second reign.
Abdullah IV bin Hussein bin Barakat 1770–1771
Ahmed bin Said 1771–1773
Surur bin Musaid 1773–1788
Abd al-Muin bin Musaid 1788 First reign, only lasted a few days.
Ghalib bin Musaid 1788–1813 Co-reigned with his brother Abd al-Muin while Saudis held the city of Mecca.
Abd al-Muin bin Musaid 1796–1813 Second reign, co-reigned with his brother Ghalib.
Yahya bin Surur 1813–1827
Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib 1827 First reign.
Muhammed bin Abd al-Muin bin Awn bin Muhsin bin Abdullah bin al-Hussain bin Abdullah I 1827–1851 First reign, placed in power by Muhammad Ali Pasha.
Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib 1851–1856 Second reign.
Muhammed bin Abd al-Muin 1856–1858 Second reign.
Abdullah bin Muhammed 1858–1877
Hussein bin Muhammed 1877–1880
Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib 1880–1881 Third reign.
Abd al-Ilah bin Muhammed 1881–1882 Was appointed again in 1908 after the deposition of Ali bin Abdullah, however he died before reaching Mecca.
Awn ar-Rafiq bin Muhammed 1882–1905
Ali bin Abdullah bin Muhammed 1905–1908
Hussein bin Ali Pasha 1908–1916 Later King Hussein
Ali Haidar Pasha 1916–1917

List

  1. 1630 - 1830 the Grand Sharifs of Mecca (see Saudi Arabia)

Complete list of colonial governors of British Somaliland:[3]

List

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Sayyid Muhammad al-Barr 1830 1841
Haji Shermarki bin Ali Salil 1841 1855
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad 1855 1857
Haji Shermarki bin Ali Salil 1857 1861
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad 1861 1869
Ahmad Rashid Husni Pasha 1869 1870
Abdirahman Bey 1870 1874
Muhammad Ra'uf Pasha 1874 1878
Radhwan (Raduan) Pasha 1878 1880
Muhammad Nadi Pasha 1880 1882
Rida Pasha 1882 1884
Frederick Mercer Hunter 1884 1887
Frederick Mercer Hunter 20 July 1887 1888
Edward Vincent Stace, 1888 1893
Charles William Henry Sealy, 1893 1896
William Butler Ferris, 1896 1897
James Hayes Sadler 1897 1898
James Hayes Sadler 1898 1901
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux 1901 1902
Eric John Eagles Swayne 1902 1905
Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux 1905 1909
William Henry Manning January 1909 1911
Horace Byatt July 1911 1914
Geoffrey Francis Archer May 1914 October 1919
Geoffrey Francis Archer October 1919 17 August 1922
Gerald Henry Summers 17 August 1922 29 November 1925
Harold Baxter Kittermaster 29 November 1925 18 June 1932
Arthur Salisbury Lawrance 18 June 1932 2 March 1939
Vincent Glenday 2 March 1939 19 August 1940
Guglielmo Nasi 19 August 1940 27 August 1940
Carlo De Simone 27 August 1940 16 March 1941
Arthur Reginald Chater 16 March 1941 3 March 1943
Gerald Thomas Fisher 3 March 1943 February 1948
Gerald Reece February 1948 February 1954
Theodore Pike February 1954 1959
Douglas Hall 11 July 1959 1 July 1960
— Sheikh Omar Askar 29 February 1956 12 July 1960
1 Abdullahi Issa 29 February 1956 1 July 1960
2 Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal 1 July 1960 12 July 1960
3 Abdirashid Shermarke 12 July 1960 14 June 1964
4 Abdirizak Haji Hussein 14 June 1964 15 July 1967
2 Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal 15 July 1967 21 October 1969
5 Hassan Mahmoud 1973 1978
6 Mohamed Farah Dalmar Yusuf 1978 1981
7 Ahmed Mohamed Gulaid 1981 1982
8 Yusuf Sheikh Ali Madar 1982 1983
9 Abdiqadir Kosar Abdi 1983 1984
10 Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud 1984 1990
11 Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
(1931–2003)		 1991 28 May 1990 16 May 1993 SNM
12 Hassan Isse Jama 16 May 1993 16 May 1993
2 Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
(1928–2002)		 1993
1997		 16 May 1993 3 May 2002[†] Independent
UDUB
— Suleiman Mohamoud Adan 1994 1994
— Mohamed Hashi 1994 1994
13 Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah 3 May 2002 3 May 2002
14 Dahir Riyale Kahin
(born 1952)		 2003 3 May 2002 27 July 2010 UDUB
15 Mohammed Omar Osman 27 July 2010 27 July 2010
16 Ahmed Yusuf Yasin 27 July 2010 27 July 2010
10 Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
(1938–2024)		 2010 27 July 2010 13 December 2017 Kulmiye
17 Abdirahman Mahdi 13 December 2017 13 December 2017
18 Sheikh Ibrahim Abdalla Mohamed 13 December 2017 13 December 2017
19 Mohamoud Dirir Gheddi 13 December 2017 13 December 2017
20 Abdirahman Saylici 13 December 2017 13 December 2017
21 Muse Bihi Abdi
(born 1948)		 2017 13 December 2017 13 December 2024 Kulmiye
— Jamal Ali Hussein 13 December 2023 13 December 2023
— Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan 13 December 2023 13 December 2023
20 Abdirahman Saylici 13 December 2024 13 December 2024
21 Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi 13 December 2024 13 December 2024
22 Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi 13 December 2024 Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ AfricaNews (2017-12-13). "Somaliland hailed as it swears in new president". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ↑ "Abiy holds talks with President of Somaliland Administration". Nazret. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Worldstatesmen.org
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