Heads of Government of Djibouti

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affliation	Notes
French Somaliland
1957 to December 1958	Mahamoud Harbi Farah, Vice President of the Government Council	PMP	fourlaba
December 1958 to April 1959	Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Vice President of the Government Council	PMP	Issa
April 1959 to June 1960	Ahmed Dini Ahmed, Vice President of the Government Council	LPAI	Afar
June 1960 to 1966	Ali Aref Bourhan, Vice President of the Government Council	UNI	Afar
1966 to 1967	Abdallah Mohamed Kamil, Vice President of the Government Council	RDA	Afar
French Territory of the Afars and Issas (FTAI)
7 July 1967 to 29 July 1976	Ali Aref Bourhan, Presidents of the Government Council	UNI	Afar
29 July 1976 to 18 May 1977	Abdallah Mohamed Kamil, President of the Government Council	RDA	Afar
18 May 1977 to 27 June 1977	Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Prime Minister	RPP	Issa
Republic of Djibouti (République Djibouti)
جمهورية جيبوتي (Jumhūriyya Jibūt)
27 June 1977 to 12 July 1977	Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Prime Minister	RPP	Issa
12 July 1977 to 5 February 1978	Ahmed Dini Ahmed, Prime Minister	RPP	Afar
5 February 1978 to 2 October 1978	Abdallah Mohamed Kamil, Prime Minister	RPP	Afar
2 October 1978 to 7 March 2001	Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister	RPP	Afar
7 March 2001 to present	Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister	RPP


RPP	Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès
RPP	(Popular Assembly for Progress Party) authoritarian, only legal party 1977-1993
UMP	Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle
UMP	(Union for the Presidential Majority) pro-President Guelleh coalition
LPAI	Ligue Populaire Africaine pour lIndépendance
LPAI	(African Peoples League for Independence)
PMP	Parti Mouvement Populaire
PMP	(Peoples Movement Party)
RDA	Rassemblement Démocratique Afar
RDA	(Afar Democratic Rally)
UNI	Union Nationale pour lIndépendance
UNI	(National Union for Independence)
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