Somalia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Sheikh Adan Mohamed
Nur (Madobe)
(Male)
Year of birth
1956
Additional information
Elected on 28 Apr. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Abdikarim
Haji Abdi Buh
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Age
Average age of all members
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
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
220
Number of women elected
54
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
19.64%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
- A total of 255 out of 275 members were indirectly elected between 1 November 2021 and 31 March 2022, of whom 223 members, including 41 women, were sworn in on 14 April 2022.
- The 2021-2022 elections concluded on 5 May 2022. As at 24 May 2022, there were 54 women out of 274 members, with one vacancy remaining.
- Pending the 2021–2022 election results, the statistics of the outgoing legislature, elected in 2017, were retained in the monthly ranking of women in national parliaments until April 2022: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=4&year=2022.
- The 2021-2022 elections concluded on 5 May 2022. As at 24 May 2022, there were 54 women out of 274 members, with one vacancy remaining.
- Pending the 2021–2022 election results, the statistics of the outgoing legislature, elected in 2017, were retained in the monthly ranking of women in national parliaments until April 2022: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=4&year=2022.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
54
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
220
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
54
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Sheikh Adan Mohamed
Nur (Madobe)
(Male)
Date of election
28.04.2022
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1979
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Somali Women Parliamentarians Association
(May 2009)
Formal or informal
Informal