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
Abdirahman Mohamed
Abdulle
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 3 Oct. 2022.
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
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See historical data for this field.
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
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
0
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
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