Somalia - Gobierno - Perfil - 2002

Capital

Mogadishu

Independencia

1 Julio 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 Junio 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 Julio 1960, to form the Somali Republic)

Feriado nacional

Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 Julio (1960); note - 26 Junio (1960) in Somaliland

Constitución

25 Agosto 1979, presidential approval 23 Septiembre 1979
note: the Transitional National Government formed in Agosto 2000 has a mandate to create a new constitution and hold elections within three years

Sufragio

18 años de edad; universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan (desde 26 August 2000); note - Interim Presidente ABDIKASSIM was chosen for a three-year term by a 245-member National Assembly serving as a transitional government; the present political situation is still unstable, particularly in the south, with interclan fighting and random banditry
jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister HASSAN Abshir Farah (desde 12 November 2001)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister and sworn in on 20 October 2000; as of 1 January 2002, the Cabinet was in caretaker status following a no-confidence vote in October 2001 that ousted HASSAN's predecessor
election results: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan was elected president of an interim government at the Djibouti-sponsored Arta Peace Conference on 26 August 2000 by a broad representation of Somali clans that comprised a transitional National Assembly