Federal Parliament (Somalia)
Basic data | |
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Seat: | Capital Mogadishu |
Legislative period : | 4 years |
MPs: | 275 indirectly elected in the lower house, 54 indirectly elected in the upper house |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | October 23, 2016; January 8, 2017 |
Website | |
www.parliament.gov.so |
The Federal Parliament of Somalia ( Somali Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya , often Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya for short ) is the national bicameral parliament of Somalia .
The bicameral federal parliament, which replaces the federal transitional parliament, was founded in August 2012 and is located in the capital Mogadishu . It has two chambers, including an upper house with 54 representatives and a lower house with 275 indirectly elected members.
Former Somali National Army (SNA) general, Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle , has been appointed interim spokesman and acting president.
Parliament building
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The parliament building was built after Somalia gained independence from Italy and was completed in 1972. It is close to the Somalia Presidential Palace .
The building was badly damaged by air strikes during the Somali Civil War . It was repaired with Turkish help for the opening of parliament in 2012. Reuse was severely affected by car bomb attacks in 2014 and 2017 by the al-Shabaab militia .
The financing of a seven-story new building was guaranteed by Turkey in 2018, the new building is to be built on the site of the demolished old building.
Web links
- Government of Somalia
- www.parliament.gov.so
- Somalia . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- Support to Building Inclusive Institutions of Parliament in Somalia UNDP, 2014
- Dispatch from Mogadishu: A Visit to Somalia's Parliament Tomas Bridle, World Affairs January / February 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c SOMALIA (House of the People) . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ SOMALIA (Upper House), General information . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Formation of Somalia's New Parliament Delayed By Disqualified Candidates . August 14, 2012 ( somalianewsroom.com [accessed April 12, 2018]).
- ^ Interparliamentary Union : SOMALIA (House of the People), Full text. In: IPU PARLINE database. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Rakesh Ramchurn: Mogadishu's Modernist heritage . In: Architects Journal . March 29, 2014 ( architectsjournal.co.uk [accessed April 12, 2018]).
- ↑ Somalia . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Martin Williams: Somalia militants hit Mogadishu parliament in multi-pronged attack. In: The Guardian . May 24, 2014, accessed April 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Deadly attacks rock Somali capital . In: BBC News . October 29, 2017 ( bbc.com [accessed April 12, 2018]).
- ^ Turkey to rebuild Somali parliament . In: The East African . March 11, 2018 ( theeastafrican.co.ke [accessed April 12, 2018]).
Coordinates: 2 ° 2 ′ 14 " N , 45 ° 19 ′ 52.2" E