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President of the
Federal Republic of Somalia
Secretary president of Somalia
AHMED MOHAMUD ABDI
Flag of Somalia
Incumbent
Secretary president of Somalia
since 16 February 2017
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceSecretary president of Somalia
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderAHMED MOHAMUD ABDI
Formation18/06/1997
Salary$120,000 annually[1]
Websitehttps://www.casd.uscourts.gov
Footnotes
Since his presidential term expired on 8th February 2021, the federal state Presidents of Puntland and Jubaland and the Council of Presidential Candidates no longer recognise Mohamed as the President of Somalia, but he refuses to leave office,[2][3][4] despite public protests in Mogadishu during which peaceful protesters have been shot and killed by government forces and opposition leaders have been targetted in assassination attempts. [5][6][7]

The president of Somalia (Somali: Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the unity of the Somali nation, as well as ensuring the implementation of the Constitution of Somalia and the organised and harmonious functioning of the organs of state.[8] The office of President of Somalia was established with the proclamation of the Republic of Somalia on 1 July 1960. The first president of Somalia was Aden Abdullah Osman Daar.[9] The current office-holder is the 9th president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’, since 16 February 2017.

  1. ^ "Salaries for sitting African presidents". Daily Monitor.
  2. ^ "Somali opposition leaders 'no longer recognise president'". Al Jazeera. 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Somalia's election impasse: A crisis of state building". European Council on Foreign Relations. 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Somali Opposition Leaders Refuse to Recognize President Mohamed as Official Term Expires". Voice of Africa. 8 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Gunfire at Mogadishu Protest Intensifies Somali Election Impasse". New York Times. 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Clashes in Mogadishu throw Somalia's political crisis into dangerous new phase". Washington Post. 19 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Somali capital gunfire amid election protests". BBC. 20 February 2021.
  8. ^ * Provisional Constitution (adopted August 1, 2012)
  9. ^ The Illustrated Library of The World and Its Peoples: Africa, North and East, Greystone Press: 1967, p. 338