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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)      Independent     United Peoples' Democratic Party (UDUB)      Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party      Waddani 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.jpg Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
(1931–2003)
1991 28 May 1991 16 May 1993 1 year, 353 days SNM
2 Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal 1968.jpg Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
(1928–2002)
1993
1997
16 May 1993 3 May 2002 8 years, 352 days Independent
(until July 2001)
UDUB
3 Dahir Riyaale Kahin.jpg Dahir Riyale Kahin
(born 1952)
2003 3 May 2002 27 July 2010 8 years, 85 days UDUB
4 Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud 2.jpg Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud
(1938–2024)
2010 27 July 2010 13 December 2017 7 years, 139 days Kulmiye
5 Muse Bihi official portrait 2017 (cropped).jpg Muse Bihi Abdi
(born 1948)
2017 13 December 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 13 days Kulmiye
6 Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (cropped).jpg Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
(born 1956)
2024 President-elect Waddani

Timeline

Muse Bihi Abdi Ahmed Silanyo Dahir Riyale Kahin Ibrahim Egal Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur

Latest election

Candidate Running mate Party Votes %
Muse Bihi Abdi Abdirahman Saylici Peace, Unity, and Development Party 305,909 55.10
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Waddani 226,092 40.73
Faysal Ali Warabe Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan For Justice and Development 23,141 4.17
Total 555,142 100.00
Valid votes 555,142 98.15
Invalid/blank votes 10,475 1.85
Total votes 565,617 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 704,198 80.32
Source: SLNEC

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Presidentes de Somalilandia para niños

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