| Dowladda Buntilaan ee Soomaaliya (Somali) حكومة أرض بنط الصومالية (Arabic) | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Formation | 1998 |
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| Founding document | Constitution of Puntland |
| Jurisdiction | Puntland |
| Website | plstate |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature | Puntland Parliament House of Representatives (Gollaha Wakiilada) |
| Executive branch | |
| Leader | President |
| Main organ | Executive Council |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Supreme Court (Maxkamadda Sare) |
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The Government of Puntland (Somali: Dowladda Buntilaan ee Soomaaliya) (Arabic: حكومة أرض بنط الصومالية) is the supreme governing authority of the autonomous region of Puntland State of Somalia. The legal structure of Puntland consists of the judiciary (Supreme Court), legislative (House of Representatives) and the executive (the President, Vice president and his nominated council of Ministries) branches of government.[1] Puntland has conducted Seven presidential elections (1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024). Five Presidents are elected by a 66-member unicameral parliament.[2] Since 1998, the governing bodies have been located in the administrative capital of Garowe.
- ^ Ministry of Planning and International Corporation
- ^ "Peaceful transfer of Presidential power in Puntland". Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.