Ruler · 1962 – present

Hussein Farrah Aidid

Born 1962, living; politician. President of Somalia (Somalia), 1996 – 1997.

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Lived: since 1962; living
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Somalia
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Somalia

Somalia · the 7th of 16 dated reigns · 1960 – 2024

3 before

Siad Barre1969 – 1991

Ali Mahdi Muhammad1991 – 1997

Mohamed Farrah Aidid1995 – 1996

Hussein Farrah Aidid1996 – 1997

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan2000 – 2004

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed2004 – 2008

Aden Madobe2008 – 2009

6 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 1996 – 1997 · 1 year · came to it aged 34

Came to it: inherited
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Farrah succeeded his father as leader of the SNA, and two days after his father's death, the SNA declared Farrah as the new President, although he too was not internationally recognized as such.

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