House of Representatives of Somaliland
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The House of Representatives of Somaliland (Golaha Wakiilada) is the lower house of the Republic of Somaliland.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections
Somaliland parliamentary election, 2005
Somaliland held elections to an 82-member House of Representatives on 29 September 2005. It was the first multiparty parliamentary election conducted in the secessionist Republic of Somaliland since 1991, when the Somali Civil War began.-Political parties:...

 held on 29 September 2005, has a total of 82 members, including the Speaker of the House, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi , born 24 April 1955, is the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Somaliland's first elected Parliament. He was elected Speaker on November, 2005...

. They are elected in six multi-member constituencies using the party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

 system for a five year term.

Latest election

See also

  • Somaliland
    Somaliland
    Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

  • History of Somalia
    History of Somalia
    Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia...

  • Legislative branch
  • List of national legislatures
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