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.[1] [2] 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.
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur | 1991 | 28 May 1991 | 16 May 1993 | SNM | |||
| 2 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | 1993 1997 | 16 May 1993 | 3 May 2002 | Independent | |||
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| 3 | Dahir Riyale Kahin | 2003 | 3 May 2002 | 27 July 2010 | UDUB | |||
| 4 | Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud | 2010 | 27 July 2010 | 13 December 2017 | Kulmiye | |||
| 5 | Muse Bihi Abdi | 2017 | 13 December 2017 | Incumbent | Kulmiye | |||
See main article: 2017 Somaliland presidential election. On 21 November 2017 the NEC announced that Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye party polled 55.1% of votes to emerge winner. His closest contender was Abdirahman Irro of the Waddani party who polled 40.7% with Faysal Ali Warabe finishing last with 4.2% of votes.[3]