List of presidents of the Somali Region, Ethiopia explained

The president of the Somali Region in Ethiopia is the head of the executive branch of the region. The current president is Mustafa Mohammed Omar, who has also been the vice chairman of the Somali Democratic Party (SDP), elected in 22 August 2018.^[1]

List of presidents of the Somali Region

No.	Portrait	President	Term of Office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Abdullahi Mohamed Sa'di	23 Jan 1993	Nov 1993	10 Months,		Ogaden National Liberation Front(ONLF).^[2]
2		Hassan Jire Qalinle	1993	Apr 1994	1 Year,		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)
3		Abdirahman Ugas Mohumed Qani	Apr 1994	1995	1 Year,		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)
4		Ahmed Makahel Hussein	1995	Jun 1995	4 Months,15 Days		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)
5		Mahdi Ayoub Guleed	Jun 1995	Jun 1995	Weeks		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDP).
6		Eid Daahir Farah	Jun 1995	Oct 1997	2 Year,4 Months		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDP).^[3]
7		Khader Ma'alen Ali	Oct 1997	Oct 2000	3 Years,		Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)
							Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
8		Abdulrashed Dulane	Oct 2000	21 Jul 2003	2 Years,10 Months		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
9		Abdi Jibril Ali	21 Jul 2003	Oct 2005	2 Years, 3 Months,		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
10		Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed Lugbuur	Oct 2005	Nov 2008	3 Years,1 Months		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
11		Daud Mohamed Ali Daud Axmaar	Nov 2008	12 Jul 2010	1 Year,9 Months		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
12		Abdi Mohamoud Omar (Cabdi Ilay)	12 Jul 2010	08 Aug 2018	8 Years,1 Months		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
13		Ahmed Abdi Sh.Mohamed (Ilkacase)	08 Aug 2018	22 Aug 2018	14 Days,		Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
13		Mustafe muhumed Omer	22 Aug 2018	Present			Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)
							Somali Democratic Party (SDP)^[4] ^[5]
							Prosperity Party^[6]

Further reading

• Abdi Ismail Samatar (2004): "Ethiopian Federalism: Autonomy versus Control in the Somali Region". Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25/6
• John Markakis (1996): "The Somali in Ethiopia". Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 23, No. 70, pp. 567–570
• John Markakis (1994): "Briefing: Somalia in the New Political Order of Ethiopia". Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 21, No. 59 pp. 71–79

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethiopia Administrative Divisions. Ben. Cahoon. World Statesman. 24 February 2018.
2. Tobias Hagmann, Mohamud H. Khalif, "State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali region since 1991", Bildhaan: the International Journal of Somali Studies, 6 (2006), p. 29
3. Asnake Kefale Adegehe, Federalism and ethnic conflict in Ethiopia: a comparative study of the Somali and Benishangul-Gumuz regions Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Doctoral thesis (2009), p. 138
4. Web site: Ahmed Shide named chairman of the Somali region ruling party. 12 August 2018.
5. http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_611.html Dirir Mohamoud (Ethiopia)
6. https://addisstandard.com/exclusive-third-day-eprdf-ec-discussing-prosperity-party-regulation-find-the-draft-copy-obtained-by-as/ Exclusive: Third day EPRDF EC discussing “Prosperity Party” Regulation. Find the draft copy obtained by AS