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Barre's Supreme Revolutionary Council transformed the country into a single-party Marxist-Leninist state. [15] [16] [17] While a public direct election for President was held in December 1986, Somalia was a one-party state at the time; the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP) was the only legal political party, and incumbent Siad Barre was the only candidate.
Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 13 November 2024. In the election, incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi of the Kulmiye party was seeking a second and final term in office against the opposition candidates Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Irro" of the Waddani party, and Faysal Ali Warabe of the UCID party.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Jubaland, Somalia on 25 November. The incumbent president Ahmed Mohamed Islam was re-elected by members of the House of Representatives as the President of Jubaland for a third term. It was the third election since the state's formation in 2012.
The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland was declared winner on Tuesday in last week’s election that gave a boost for the region's push for international recognition.
Somalia’s president early Wednesday bowed to growing opposition to his extended stay in office, urging a return to negotiations on the country's delayed election and vowing that the sight of ...
Elections were held in Somaliland on November 13, 2024 concurrently with the 2024 Somaliland presidential election to select the three official national political parties of the country for a period of ten years. The three currently existing political parties along with seven newly formed political associations contested the election.
Somali women leaders, members of civil society and senior officials from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations in a meeting in Mogadishu on August 11, 2016. which they agreed to support the outcome of the Somali National Leadership Forum that will make sure women will get 30% representation, across all levels of leadership in the forthcoming elections.
The presidential elections date was thereafter set for 15 May. The president was indirectly elected by the members of both houses of the Federal Parliament. The International Monetary Fund threatened Somalia would lose access to a three-year $400-million aid package, if a new administration was not in place by the end of May. [13]