Somaliland

1884-1950

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR

1884 UK occupation Frederick Mercer Hunter

1887 20 july Part of UK Aden colony

1906 8 may UK Protectorate Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux

1910 january Sir William Henry Manning

1911 july Horace Archer Byatt

1914 may Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer

1922 17 august Gerald Henry Summers

1926 26 january Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster

1932 18 june Sir Arthur Salisbury Lawrance

1939 2 march Vincent Goncalves Glenday

1940 18 august Italian occupation Guglielmo Nasi

1940 october Carlo De Simone

1941 16 march UK Protectorate Arthur Reginald Chater

1943 3 march Gerald Thomas Fisher

1948 15 november Sir Gerald Reece

1950-1960

YEAR DATE EVENT PRIME MINISTER GOVERNOR

1954 Sir Theodore Ousley Pike

1956 19 may Abdullah Isa

1959 Sir Douglas Hall

1956 26 june Independent state Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal

1960-1991

YEAR DATE EVENT

1960 1 july Union to Somalia

1991-1996

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT

1991 18 may Islamic Republic Abdurahman Ahmad Ali "Tur"

1993 16 may Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal

1996-

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT

1996 14 october

2002 4 may Dahir Riyale Kahin

2010 27 july Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo

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YEAR	DATE	EVENT	GOVERNOR
1884		UK occupation	Frederick Mercer Hunter
1887	20 july	Part of UK Aden colony
1906	8 may	UK Protectorate	Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux
1910	january		Sir William Henry Manning
1911	july		Horace Archer Byatt
1914	may		Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer
1922	17 august		Gerald Henry Summers
1926	26 january		Sir Harold Baxter Kittermaster
1932	18 june		Sir Arthur Salisbury Lawrance
1939	2 march		Vincent Goncalves Glenday
1940	18 august	Italian occupation	Guglielmo Nasi
1940	october		Carlo De Simone
1941	16 march	UK Protectorate	Arthur Reginald Chater
1943	3 march		Gerald Thomas Fisher
1948	15 november		Sir Gerald Reece