List of presidents of Somaliland

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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

Political parties

Symbols

Template:Note label Died in office

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur Template:Small	1991	28 May 1991	16 May 1993	Template:Age in years and days	SNM
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 2		Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal Template:Small	1993 1997	16 May 1993	3 May 2002Template:Ref label	Template:Age in years and days	Independent Template:Small
							UDUB
3		Dahir Riyale Kahin Template:Small	2003	3 May 2002	27 July 2010	Template:Age in years and days	UDUB
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 4		Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo Template:Small	2010	27 July 2010	13 December 2017	Template:Age in years and days	Kulmiye
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 5	File:Muse Bihi official portrait 2017 (cropped).jpg	Muse Bihi Abdi Template:Small	2017	13 December 2017	12 December 2024	Template:Age in years and days	Kulmiye
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6	File:Abdirahaamn Abdullahi cirro (cropped).jpg	Abdirahman Mohamed Irro Template:Small	2024	12 December 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Waddani

Timeline

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bar:Egal
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 from: 01/07/2001 till: 03/05/2002 color:udub    text:"Ibrahim Egal"
bar:Kahin
 from: 03/05/2002 till: 27/07/2010 color:udub    text:"Dahir Riyale Kahin"
bar:Silanyo
 from: 27/07/2010 till: 13/12/2017 color:kulmiye text:"Ahmed Silanyo"
bar:Abdi
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Latest election

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See also

• President of Somaliland
• Vice President of Somaliland
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• World Statesmen – Somalia (Somaliland)