| Intro | Somalian politician |
| Is | Politician |
| From | Somalia |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
1962 |
| Age | 59 years |
This is a list of Prime Ministers of Somalia. The Prime Minister of Somalia (Somali: Ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya) is the head of government of Somalia. There have been 18 official prime ministers since the office was created in 1956. The first Prime Minister was Abdullahi Issa, who served prior to independence in the Trust Territory of Somaliland. The incumbent Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia is Hassan Ali Khayre.
List
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Abdullahi Issa | 29 February 1956 | 1 July 1960 | 4 years, 123 days | SYL | 1956 1959 |
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| 2 | Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal | 1 July 1960 | 12 July 1960 | 11 days | SYL | — | |
| 3 | Abdirashid Shermarke | 12 July 1960 | 14 June 1964 | 6 years, 337 days | SYL | — | |
| 4 | Abdirizak Haji Hussein | 14 June 1964 | 15 July 1967 | 31 days | SYL | 1964 | |
| (2) |
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (Deposed) |
15 July 1967 | 21 October 1969 | 2 years, 98 days | SYL | 1969 | |
| Post Abolished (21 October 1969–1 February 1987) | |||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Ali Samatar | 1 February 1987 | 3 September 1990 | 3 years, 214 days | SRSP | — | |
| 6 |
Hawadle Madar
(Deposed) |
3 September 1990 | 24 January 1991 | 143 days | SRSP | — | |
| 7 | Umar Ghalib | 24 January 1991 | May 1993 (De facto to 3 January 1997) |
5 years, 345 days | USC | — | |
| Vacant (May 1993–8 October 2000) | |||||||
| 8 | Ali Khalif Galaydh | 8 October 2000 | 28 October 2001 | 1 year, 20 days | Independent | — | |
| — |
Osman Jama Ali |
28 October 2001 | 12 November 2001 | 15 days | Independent | — | |
| 9 | Hassan Abshir Farah | 12 November 2001 | 8 December 2003 | 2 years, 26 days | Independent | — | |
| 10 | Muhammad Abdi Yusuf | 8 December 2003 | 23 December 2004 | 1 year, 15 days | Independent | — | |
| 11 | Ali Gedi | 23 December 2004 | 30 October 2007 (Resigned) |
2 years, 311 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Salim Aliyow Ibrow | 30 October 2007 | 24 November 2007 | 25 days | Independent | — | |
| 12 | Nur Hassan Hussein | 24 November 2007 | 14 February 2009 | 1 year, 82 days | Independent | — | |
| 13 | Omar Sharmarke | 14 February 2009 | 24 September 2010 | 1 year, 222 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Abdiwahid Gonjeh | 24 September 2010 | 1 November 2010 | 38 days | Independent | — | |
| 14 | Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo | 1 November 2010 | 19 June 2011 | 230 days | Independent | — | |
| 15 | Abdiweli Gaas | 19 June 2011 | 20 August 2012 | 1 year, 62 days | Independent | — | |
| — | Abdiweli Gaas | 20 August 2012 | 17 October 2012 | 58 days | Independent | — | |
| 16 | Abdi Farah Shirdon | 17 October 2012 | 21 December 2013 | 1 year, 65 days | Independent | — | |
| 17 | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed | 21 December 2013 | 24 December 2014 | 1 year, 3 days | Independent | — | |
| (13) | Omar Sharmarke | 24 December 2014 | 1 March 2017 | 2 years, 67 days | Independent | 2016 | |
| 18 | Hassan Ali Khayre | 1 March 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 96 days | Independent | — | |