List of presidents of Somaliland facts for kids

This is a list of presidents of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, considered internationally to be part of Somalia. The Republic of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland. The President of Somaliland is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Somaliland and is the commander-in-chief of the Somaliland Armed Forces. The official residence of the president is the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa.

List of officeholders

     Somali National Movement (SNM)      United Peoples' Democratic Party (UDUB)      Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party      Independent

Died in office

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931–2003)	1991	28 May 1991	16 May 1993	1 year, 353 days	SNM
2		Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928–2002)	1993 1997	16 May 1993	3 May 2002	8 years, 352 days	Independent
							UDUB
3		Dahir Riyale Kahin (born 1952)	2003	3 May 2002	27 July 2010	8 years, 85 days	UDUB
4		Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (born 1936)	2010	27 July 2010	13 December 2017	7 years, 139 days	Kulmiye
5		Muse Bihi Abdi (born 1948)	2017	13 December 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 338 days	Kulmiye

Timeline

Latest election

On 21 November 2017 the NEC announced that Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye party polled 55.1% of votes to emerge winner. His closest contender was Abdirahman Irro of the Waddani party who polled 40.7% with Faysal Ali Warabe finishing last with 4.2% of votes.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Presidentes de Somalilandia para niños

• President of Somaliland
• Vice President of Somaliland
• List of presidents of Jubaland
• Lists of office-holders