2009 Puntland presidential election

2009 Puntland presidential election

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66 MPs of the House of Representatives 45 votes needed to win
Candidate Abdirahman Farole Abdullahi Ahmed Jama Party Horseed Independent Electoral vote 49 17
President before election Adde Muse Elected President Abdirahman Farole

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Legislature House of Representatives Speaker Abdirizak Ahmed Said
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf
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The 2009 Puntland presidential election was held on 8 January 2009 in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland state of Somalia. The second such vote to be held in the state since its establishment 1998, it followed the election of a new Parliament Speaker and Deputy Speakers on January 04, 2009 by the 66-seat bicameral legislature. Candidates included officials from the incumbent Puntland administration, former government ministers and prominent local entrepreneurs. The ballot saw the election of former Puntland minister of finance Abdirahman Farole as the fourth president of Puntland, majority defeating Abdullahi Ahmed Jama. Parliament of Puntland concurrently elected Abdisamad Ali Shire as Puntland's new vice president in place of Hassan Dahir Afqurac.