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Name Portrait Birth–Death Elected Took office Left office Political party
 Somali Republic (1960–1969) •  
1 Aden Adde   1908–2007 1960 1 July 1960 10 June 1967 SYL
2 Abdirashid Shermarke   1919–1969 1967 10 June 1967 15 October 1969
(Assassinated)
SYL
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
Acting President
  1912–2012 15 October 1969 21 October 1969
(Deposed)
SYL
 Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) •  
3 Siad Barre[1]   1919–1995 1980
1986
21 October 1969 26 January 1991
(Deposed)
Military /
SRSP
 Interim Government of Somalia (1991–1997) •  
4 Ali Mahdi Muhammad 1939– 1991 27 January 1991 3 January 1997 USC
5 Mohamed Farrah Aidid 1934— 1996 3 January 1995 1 August 1996 Independent
6 Hussein Farrah Aidid 1962 — 1 August 1996 20 March 1998 Independent
Somali National Alliance 20 March 1998 2000 Co-Chairmen of National Salvation Council
Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council 2000 27 August 2000 Independent
 Transitional National Government of Somalia (2000–2004) •  
7 Mohamed Abshir Muse 1926 – 2017 13 August 2000 22 August 2000 Independent
8 Abdallah Isaaq Deerow 1950–2006 22 August 2000 27 August 2000 Independent
9 Abdiqasim Salad   1941– 2000 27 August 2000 1 July 2003 Independent
10 Abdinur Darman 1953– 1 July 2003 14 October 2003 Independent
9 Abdiqasim Salad 1941– 14 October 2003 14 October 2004 Independent
 Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (2004–2012) •  
11 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed   1934–2012 2004 14 October 2004 29 December 2008
(Resigned)
Independent
12 Sharif Sheikh Ahmed 1964– 5 June 2006 29June 2006 Islamic Courts Union
13 Hassan Dahir Aweys 1935— 29 June 2006 29 December 2006 Islamic Courts Union
14 Aden Madobe
Acting President
  1957– 29 December 2008 31 January 2009 RRA
12 Sharif Sheikh Ahmed   1964– 2009 31 January 2009 20 August 2012 ARS
 Federal Republic of Somalia (2012–present) •  
15 Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle
Acting President
  1939– 20 August 2012 28 August 2012 Independent
16 Mohamed Osman Jawari
Acting President
  1945– 28 August 2012 16 September 2012 Independent
17 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud   1955– 2012 16 September 2012 16 February 2017 PDP
18 Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed   1962– 2017 16 February 2017 16 February 2021 TPP
17 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud   1955– 2021 16 February 2021 16 February 2022 PDP
17 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud   1955– 2022 16 February 2022 6 June 2022 PDP
H.E.Sadia Haji Samatar 1955– 6 June 2022 28 August 2022 PDP
17 Hassan Sheikh Mohamud   1955– 28 August 2022 Incumbent PDP
  1. ^ Also styled as President of Supreme Revolutionary Council