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Politics of Somaliland | |
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Polity type | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Constitution | Constitution of Somaliland |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Parliament |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Somaliland Parliament Place |
Upper house | |
Name | House of Elders |
Presiding officer | Suleiman Mohamoud Adan |
Lower house | |
Name | House of Representatives |
Presiding officer | Yasin Haji Mohamoud, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Executive branch | |
Head of state and government | |
Title | President |
Currently | Muse Bihi Abdi |
Appointer | Direct popular vote |
Cabinet | |
Current cabinet | Cabinet of Somaliland |
Headquarters | Presidential Palace - Qasriga Madaxtooyada JSL |
Ministries | 23 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Adan Haji Ali |
Seat | Supreme Court Building |
The politics of Somaliland take place within a hybrid system of governance, which, under the Somaliland constitution, combines traditional and western institutions. The constitution separates government into an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch, each of which functions independently from the others.[1][2]