Government (Somalia)
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     Long-form name:
         none
     Type:
         none
     Capital:
         Mogadishu
     Administrative divisions:
         16 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay,
         Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal,
         Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
     Independence:
         1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent
         from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became
         independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to
         form the Somali Republic)
     Constitution:
         25 August 1979, presidential approval 23 September 1979
     National holiday:
         NA
     Executive branch:
         president, two vice presidents, prime minister, Council of Ministers
         (cabinet)
     Legislative branch:
         unicameral People's Assembly (Golaha Shacbiga)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court
     Leaders:
       Chief of State:
         Interim President ALI Mahdi Mohamed (since 27 January 1991)
       Head of Government:
         Prime Minister OMAR Arteh Ghalib (since 27 January 1991)
     Political parties and leaders:
         the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the former regime on 27 January
         1991; note - formerly the only party was the Somali Revolutionary Socialist
         Party (SRSP), headed by former President and Commander in Chief of the Army
         Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       President:
         last held 23 December 1986 (next to be held NA); results - President SIAD
         was reelected without opposition
       People's Assembly:
         last held 31 December 1984 (next to be held NA); results - SRSP was the only
         party; seats - (177 total, 171 elected) SRSP 171; note - the United Somali
         Congress (USC) ousted the regime of Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre on 27
         January 1991; the provisional government has promised that a democratically
         elected government will be established
     Member of:
         ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
         IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU,
         LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador (vacant); Chancery at Suite 710, 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
         Washington, DC 20037; telephone (202) 342-1575; there is a Somali Consulate
         General in New York; note - Somalian Embassy ceased operations on 8 May 1991