This is alist of presidents of the Republic of Somaliland, ade factosovereign state in theHorn of Africa, considered internationally to be part ofSomalia. TheRepublic of Somaliland regards itself as thesuccessor state toBritish Somaliland, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as theState of Somaliland.^[1][2] ThePresident of Somaliland is thehead of state andhead of government ofSomaliland. The president leads theexecutive branch of theGovernment of Somaliland and is thecommander-in-chief of theSomaliland Armed Forces. The official residence of the president is the Presidential Palace inHargeisa.

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931–2003)	1991	28 May 1991	16 May 1993	1 year, 353 days	SNM
2		Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928–2002)	1993 1997	16 May 1993	3 May 2002[†]	8 years, 352 days	Independent (until July 2001)
							UDUB
3		Dahir Riyale Kahin (born 1952)	2003	3 May 2002	27 July 2010	8 years, 85 days	UDUB
4		Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo (1938–2024)	2010	27 July 2010	13 December 2017	7 years, 139 days	Kulmiye
5		Muse Bihi Abdi (born 1948)	2017	13 December 2017	12 December 2024	6 years, 365 days	Kulmiye
6		Abdirahman Mohamed Irro (born 1956)	2024	12 December 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 66 days	Waddani

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