Ruler · 1934 – 2012

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

Lived 1934 – 2012; politician. President of Somalia (Somalia), 2004 – 2008.

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Lived: 1934 – 2012; 78 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Somalia
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Somalia

Somalia · the 9th of 16 dated reigns · 1960 – 2024

5 before

Mohamed Farrah Aidid1995 – 1996

Hussein Farrah Aidid1996 – 1997

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan2000 – 2004

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed2004 – 2008

Aden Madobe2008 – 2009

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed2009 – 2012

Mohamed Osman Jawari2012

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2004 – 2008 · 4 years · came to it aged 70

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

On 24 December 2008, he resigned from the presidency, leading to the dissolution of his government.

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