IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Somalia

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Federal Republic of Somalia

15,636,171	0
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
None	N/A
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Somali National Parliament	Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya	Assembly
Somali House of the People		Lower House
Somali Presidency	None	Head of State

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Hassan Sheikh MOHAMUD
Head of Government: Prime Minister Hamza Abdi BARRE
Assembly: Somalia has a bicameral Federal Parliament (Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya) consisting of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament with 54 seats and the House of the People with 275 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by parliament.
Prime Minister is elected by the president with the approval of the parliament.
In the Upper House of the Federal Parliament 54 members are elected by regional governing councils to serve 4-year terms. In the House of the People 275 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.*

* The inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders. The first elections will be held in 2016.

Elections

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