Somalia: Heads of State: 2000-2023 All personal names are recorded in the Somali and Arabic languages. Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya = Ra’īs Jumhūriyyat al-Ṣūmāl | President of the Somali Republic 27 Aug 2000 - 14 Oct 2004 Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xassan = ‘Abd al-Qāsim Ṣalād Ḥasan [1] 14 Oct 2004 - 29 Dec 2008 Cabdullahi Yuusuf Axmed = ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf Aḥmad [2] Guddoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka | Speaker of the Assembly of the People (ex officio) 29 Dec 2008 - 31 Jan 2009 Sheekh Aaden Maxamed Nuur Madoobe = al-Shaykh ‘Adan Muḥammad Nūr Mādūbī Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya = Ra’īs Jumhūriyyat al-Ṣūmāl | President of the Somali Republic 31 Jan 2009 - 20 Aug 2012 Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed = al-Shaykh Sharīf Shaykh Aḥmad Guddoomiyaha Barlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya | Speaker of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia 20 Aug 2012 - 28 Aug 2012 Muuse Xasan Sheekh Sayyid Abdulle = Mūsā Ḥasan al-Shaykh Sa‘īd ‘Abd Allāh 28 Aug 2012 - 16 Sep 2012 Maxamed Sheekh Cismaan Jawaari = Muḥammad al-Shaykh ‘Uthmān Jawārī Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya | President of the Federal Republic of Somalia 16 Sep 2012 - 8 Feb 2017 Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud = Ḥasan al-Shaykh Maḥmūd 8 Feb 2017 - 23 May 2022 Maxamed Cabdulaahi Maxamed Farmaajo = Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad [3] 23 May 2022 - Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud = Ḥasan al-Shaykh Maḥmūd (x) [4] [1] After being elected (election proclaimed 26 Aug 2000) and installed (27 Aug 2000) at Arta, Djibouti, he established his administration at Mogadishu 13 Oct 2000. [2] After being elected (election proclaimed 10 Oct 2004) and installed (14 Oct 2004) at Nairobi, Kenya, he established his administration at Jowhar, Somalia (26 Jul 2005); relocated to Baidoa in 2006, later to Mogadishu. [3] Elected by the Parliament and took oath of office on 8 Feb 2017; handover ceremony took place on 16 Feb 2017. [4] Elected by the Parliament and took oath of office on 15 May 2022; handover ceremony took place on 23 May 2022. Last updated on: 26 May 2022 14:02:56
