Somalia
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Federal Parliament
Chamber name
Golaha Shacabka (House of the People)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
4
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1963 to 1969
from 1980 to 1991
from 2006 to 2009
from 2013
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of the People
Speaker
Sheikh Adan Mohamed
Nur (Madobe)
(Male)
Year of birth
1956
Term
28.04.2022
Additional information
Elected on 28 Apr. 2022.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Abdirahman Mohamed
Abdulle
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 3 Oct. 2022.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Indirectly elected
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Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
275
Note on the statutory number of members
Indirectly elected: A total of 135 traditional elders select 14,025 members (51 members for each of the 275 members of the House of the People) to Electoral Colleges in consultation with their relevant and respective elders (Nabadoono). The Electoral Colleges then elect 275 members to the House of the People.
At least 30 per cent of seats are reserved for women.
At least 30 per cent of seats are reserved for women.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
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Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Ahmed Omar Islow Mohamed (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Yusuf Dirir Abdi-Isse (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
30% of seats are legally reserved for women
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Garowe Principles I (2011) and Garowe Principles II (2012), are the two documents which outline the key constitutional and governance principles for the future set-up of Somalia as a federal state, and among others provide a thirty per cent (30 %) reserved seats for women.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.