Somalia: Heads of State: 2000-2026All personal names are recorded in the Somali and Arabic languages. |
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| 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 [4] |
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| [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 update: 08 May 2025