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somalia*

H.E. Halima Ismail Ibrahim,
Chairperson, NIEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Somalia
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Federal Parliamentary Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Federal Parliament (Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya)
President Mohamed Abdullahi MOHAMED “Far- House of the People
maajo”
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
Prime Minister Hassan Ali KHAIRE 54 members for each of the 275 members of the
House of the People) to Electoral Colleges in con-
5. Capital sultation with their relevant and respective elders
Mogadishu (Naba doono). The Electoral Colleges then elect

6. Currency 275 members to the House of the People. The
Somali Shilling (SOS) election for each seat is only valid when it is con-
tested by at least two candidates.
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% 4. Popular House
Federal Parliament
8. Date of Independence
July 1, 1960 (from a merger between the former PArt iii
Somaliland Protectorate under British rule, and
Italian Somaliland, to form the Somali Republic) ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
The independence constitution, drafted in 1960 (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
and approved in a referendum in 1961
1. Name of the EMB(S)
10. Language (s) National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC)
Arabic, English (official)
2. Website Address
11. Literacy Levels http://niec.so/so/
Male: % Female: % Total: 38%

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