Puntland House of Representatives

Golaha Wakiilada Dawladda Puntland
Type
Type
HousesHouse of Representatives
History
Founded1998
Structure
Seats66
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Last House of Representatives election
2018
Meeting place
Garowe
Website
https://puntlandparliament.com/

House of Representatives of Puntland or Puntland Parliament (Somali: Golaha Wakiilada Dawladda Puntland) is the unicameral legislature of the Puntland. It has 66 members who are elected for a period of five years through universal suffrage.[1]

The House of Representatives has the powers and duties to review, approve, reject, amend and create regulations, approve/reject war and implement a peace agreement when the government proposes it. The House of Representatives also elects President of Puntland and Vice President of Puntland.[1]

After the establishment of Puntland, the legislature has been directly elected by the people in 1998, 2004, 2009, 2013 and 2018.[2] On 4 January 2019, the legislature elected a speaker and two deputies. This was followed by the successful election of the President of Puntland on 8 January 2019. Next elections are due to take place in 2023.[3]

Speakers

Name Period
Yusuf Haji Sa'id[4] 1998–2004
Cismaan Dalmar X. Yuusuf (Batrool) 2004–2007
Ahmed Ali Hashi[5] 2006–2009
Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi[6] 2009–2013
Said Hassan Shire[7] 2014–2015
Ahmed Ali Hashi[8] 2015–2019
Abdihakim Mohamed Ahmed[9] 2019 - 2019
Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril[10] 2019– present


See also

  • Puntland
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puntland

References

  1. 1 2 "CONSTITUTION OF THE PUNTLAND STATE OF SOMALIA" (PDF). FAOLEX Database.
  2. ↑ "About Puntland House of Representatives".
  3. ↑ "Somalia: Puntland on the path to universal suffrage in 2023". Garowe Online.
  4. ↑ SOMALIA: Puntland to hold referendum in two years. Irinnews.org (21 April 2001). Retrieved on 20 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Garowe Puntland Parliament Will Decide on New Constitution, Says Speaker. AllAfrica (8 July 2008)
  6. ↑ Somalia: Puntland Parliament approves new Cabinet Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Garoweonline.com (28 January 2009). Retrieved on 20 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Somalia: Former Cabinet minister elected as new Puntland Parliament Speaker". Garowe Online. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Somalia: Second time as the Speaker of Puntland Parliament". Horseed Media. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Guddoomiyaha cusub ee baarlamaanka Puntland oo lagu dhawaaqay - Somali". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  10. ↑ "Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril elected Speaker of the Puntland Parliament – Somali Dispatch". Retrieved 2022-03-03.
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