A historical overview of the Prime Ministers of Somalia.
The current head of government of Somalia.
Prime Minister
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Mohamed Hussein Roble is a Somali politician and civil engineer who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 23 September 2020 to 25 June 2022. Born in February 1968, he holds dual Somali and Swedish citizenship and earned degrees from Somali National University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. His tenure was dominated by overseeing the country's delayed electoral process and navigating political tensions with the president.
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Hassan Ali Khaire is a Somali-Norwegian politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 1 March 2017 until 25 July 2020, when parliament passed a no-confidence motion against him. Born in April 1968 in El Buur, he fled to Norway during the civil war and earned a degree in political science from the University of Oslo and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. Before entering government he worked as a regional director for the Norwegian Refugee Council and as an executive at Soma Oil & Gas.
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Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is a Somali-Canadian diplomat and politician who served a second term as Prime Minister of Somalia from 24 December 2014 to 1 March 2017. Born on 18 June 1960 in Mogadishu, he is the son of former Somali President and Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. He holds degrees in political science and political economy from Carleton University in Canada.
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Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed is a Somali economist who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 21 December 2013 to 24 December 2014. He previously held leadership positions at international institutions including the World Bank, USAID, and the Islamic Development Bank. During his tenure he pursued domestic reforms covering the security sector, anti-terrorism legislation, and constitutional review as part of Somalia's post-conflict recovery.
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Abdi Farah Shirdon is a Somali businessman and economist who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 17 October 2012 to 21 December 2013. Appointed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, his nomination was endorsed by 215 of 275 legislators. He is credited with overseeing development in social services and the national budget, as well as improving local security during his tenure.
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Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (also known as Abdiweli Gaas) is a Somali-American economist who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 19 June 2011 to 17 October 2012 during the transitional period. He devised the formal Roadmap for the End of Transition, which set benchmarks for establishing permanent democratic institutions. Before his premiership he held academic posts and served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in the Transitional Federal Government, and he later became President of Puntland.
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Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, commonly known as Farmaajo, is a Somali politician who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 1 November 2010 to 19 June 2011. Born on 11 March 1962 in Mogadishu, he earned his degrees from the University at Buffalo in the United States. His premiership emphasised security sector reform, government accountability, and the fight against corruption, and he later served as the 9th President of Somalia from 2017 to 2022.
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Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is a Somali-Canadian diplomat and politician who served his first term as Prime Minister of Somalia from 14 February 2009 to 21 September 2010 under President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Born on 18 June 1960 in Mogadishu, he is the son of former Somali President and Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. He would later return to the office for a second term from 2014 to 2017.
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Nur Hassan Hussein, also known as Nur Adde, was a Somali politician who served as Prime Minister of Somalia from 24 November 2007 to 14 February 2009. Beginning his career in the 1950s as a police officer in Italian Somaliland, he later served as chief police officer and attorney general under President Siad Barre before working with the Somali Red Crescent Society. As prime minister he promoted peacekeeping efforts and negotiated the 2008 Djibouti truce; he died of COVID-19 in London on 1 April 2020 at age 82.
