Somaliland

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Somaliland Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... Image File history File links Somaliland_COA.gif Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Politics of Somaliland take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, with the President as head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

President Dahir Riyale Kahin Parliament House of Elders House of Representatives Constitution of Somaliland Political parties Politicians Elections President 2003 Parliament 2005 Regions Foreign relations Military of Somaliland See also: Politics of Somalia This is a list of presidents of Somaliland. ... [[Image:]] Dahir Rayaleh Kahin (Somali: Da) (born Daher Rayaleh Kahin02/03/1952) is the president of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. ... The Parliament of Somaliland consists of two chambers: The House of Elders (Upper Chamber) The House of Representatives (Lower Chamber) This politics-related article is a stub. ... The Parliament of Somaliland (Baarlamaanka) has two chambers. ... The unicameral House of Representatives of Somaliland is the self-declared, breakaway republics legislative body. ... Politics of Somalia Categories: Election related stubs | Lists of political parties | Somaliland political parties ... This is a list of politicians in Somaliland, an unrecognised republic that is de facto independent from Somalia: Abdurahman Ali Tur Sheekh Ibrahim Sh. ... Politics of Somalia Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Somaliland ... Presidential elections in the breakaway republic of Somaliland were been held on 14 April 2003. ... Somaliland will hold elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. ... Map showing the regions of Somalia, with those in Somaliland in green The regions of Somaliland are (capitals in parentheses): Awdal (Baki) Saaxil (Berbera) Sanaag (Erigavo) Sool (Laascaanood) Togdheer (Burao) Woqooyi Galbeed (Hargeisa) See also Regions of Somalia Category: ... Due to its unrecognized status, The Republic of Somaliland has no official contacts with any other nation. ... The Military of Somaliland personnel is largely composed of three groups: The former Somaliland National Movement (SNM) guerilla fighters who opposed to former dictator Siad Barres rule. ... Somalia has no strong, united national government at present. ...

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The Constitution of Somaliland was adopted by the Houses of Parliament on 30th April 2000. The constitution itself was approved on a referendum held on May 31, 2001 when 97% of the voters voted in its favour. Its re-published version consists of a Preamble (Arar) and five main chapters (Qaybo) each of which is sub-divided into Parts (Xubno). There is now a total of 130 Articles (Qodobo) as compared to the previous 156 Articles. Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A partition of U into 6 blocks: a Venn diagram representation. ... Article may refer to multiple things: in grammar: grammatical article in medicine: a joint between two bones In a journal, magazine, or newspaper, an article is a piece of writing or essay on a topic. ... Article may refer to multiple things: in grammar: grammatical article in medicine: a joint between two bones In a journal, magazine, or newspaper, an article is a piece of writing or essay on a topic. ...

History

Somaliland has had other constitutional documents of historical importance which range from the international treaties signed by the various Somaliland communities with the British government, and the various constitutional arrangements prior to independence in 1960 to the Declaration of Re-assertion of Sovereignty in 1991 (in Burao) at one of the earliest grand conferences of the Somaliland communities. Although the Republic of Somaliland was independent for a short period in June 1960, it was pre-occupied with pursuing the chimera of Greater Somalia prior to its voluntary unification with Somalia. During that short period no comprehensive constitution was adopted but the State of Somaliland had its own Constitution which was drafted in early 1960. Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

The first main Constitutional document of the independent Somaliland was the National Charter (Axdi Qaran) which was signed by the Conference of the Somaliland Communities in 1993 in Borama. This was followed by the first Somaliland Constitution which was adopted at the conference of the Somaliland Communities in Hargeisa in February 1997. Under article 151 of this Constitution, the constitution shall be implemented for a period of three years from its approval in February 1997, and shall come into force fully once a referendum has been held. There was a provision for this interim period to be increased by the two Houses of Parliament, and in early 2000, the two Houses voted that the period be increased by one year. This was primarily to give more time for the completion of the revision of the Constitution (before its submission to the nation at a Referendum) and for putting in place the laws and mechanisms for changing the current “representative” democracy in Somaliland to a popular democracy based on the direct elections of the President and the Parliament. Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Borama is the capital city of Awdal region in Somaliland. ... Hargeisa (Somali Hargeysa) (coordinates: ) is a city in northwestern Somalia; it is also the capital and largest city of the self-declared but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland which was formed in 1991. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: dum ala khair, dum ala khair, Samo ku waar Samo ku waar Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic, English Government Republic  - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom   - Declared May 18, 1991 . ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ...

Although initially the Somaliland Government proposed fairly extensive amendments to the Constitution in 1999, the final revised Constitution is not very different from the last one and the reduction of the number of articles from 156 to 130 has been largely achieved by the amalgamation of some articles, rather than by extensive repeals. Unlike the earlier draft proposals, the parts of the Constitution relating to directive principles and to human rights have all been retained. On the whole, the revisions tidied up the Constitution and no fundamental changes have been made. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...

External links

• Text of the constitution in English