List of presidents of Puntland



The president of Puntland (Madaxaweynaha Dawladda Puntland) is the head of government of the Puntland State of Somalia. The president represents the government of Puntland. The office of president of Puntland was established with the proclamation of the Puntland State on 1 August 1998. The first president of Puntland was Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. The current office-holder is the seventh president Said Abdullahi Deni, since 8 January 2024.

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In 2001, the first president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, whose term was expiring, was ousted from the capital by the opposition for refusing to step down. The opposition held a shir (council) in November and elected Jama Ali Jama as president. Therefore, Jama Ali Jama is sometimes considered the second president of Puntland.

However, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed formed an army and, with Ethiopian support, expelled Jama Ali Jama from the capital in early 2002. Therefore, today, Somali media usually don't count Jama Ali Jama a Puntland president, and report Mohamed Abdi Hashi as the second president.

Therefore, Abdirahman Farole is the "fourth president," according to a document issued in 2018 by the Puntland Bureau of Statistics. And the current president of Puntland, Said Deni, writes in his Facebook page until 2023, "The 6th and Current President Of the Puntland State of Somalia", and from 2024, "The 7th and Current President Of the Puntland State of Somalia."