The chief administrator of the Somali Region in Ethiopia is the head of the executive branch of the region. The current chief administrator is Mustafa Mohammed Omar, who has also been the vice chairman of the Somali Democratic Party (SDP), elected in 22 August 2018.
List of presidents of the Somali Region
No.PortraitPresidentTerm of OfficePartyTook officeLeft officeDuration1Abdullahi Mohamed Sa'di23 Jan 1993 Nov 199310 Months,Ogaden National Liberation Front(ONLF).Tobias Hagmann, Mohamud H. Khalif, "State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali region since 1991" , Bildhaan: the International Journal of Somali Studies, 6 (2006), p. 292Hassan Jire Qalinle 1993 Apr 19942 Year,Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)3Abdirahman Ugas Mohumed Qani Apr 1994 19951 Year,Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)4Ahmed Makahel Hussein 1995 Jun 19954 Months, 15 DaysEthiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)5 Mahdi Ayoub Guleed Jun 1995 Jun 1995 WeeksEthiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDP).6Eid Daahir Farah Jun 1995 Oct 19972 Year, 4 MonthsEthiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDP).Asnake Kefale Adegehe, Federalism and ethnic conflict in Ethiopia: a comparative study of the Somali and Benishangul-Gumuz regions Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Doctoral thesis (2009), p. 1387Khader Ma'alen Ali Oct 1997 Oct 20003 Years,Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL)Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)8Abdulrashed Dulane Oct 2000 21 Jul 20032 Years, 10 MonthsEthiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)9Abdi Jibril Ali21 Jul 2003 Oct 20052 Years, 3 Months,Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)10Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed Lugbuur Oct 2005 Nov 20083 Years, 1 MonthsEthiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)11Daud Mohamed Ali Daud Axmaar Nov 2008 12 Jul 20101 Year, 9 MonthsEthiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)12Abdi Mohamoud Omar (Cabdi Ilay)12 Jul 2010 08 Aug 20188 Years, 1 MonthsEthiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)13Ahmed Abdi Sh.Mohamed (Ilkacase)08 Aug 2018 22 Aug 201814 Days,Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP)13Mustafe muhumed Omer22 Aug 2018 PresentSomali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP) Somali Democratic Party (SDP)Dirir Mohamoud (Ethiopia) AfDevInfo website (accessed 14 May 2009)Prosperity PartyExclusive: Third day EPRDF EC discussing “Prosperity Party” Regulation. Find the draft copy obtained by AS
References
Further reading Abdi Ismail Samatar (2004): "Ethiopian Federalism: Autonomy versus Control in the Somali Region". Third World Quarterly, Vol. 25/6 John Markakis (1996): "The Somali in Ethiopia". Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 23, No. 70, pp. 567–570 John Markakis (1994): "Briefing: Somalia in the New Political Order of Ethiopia". Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 21, No. 59 pp. 71–79