Somalie - Gouvernement - Profil - 2001

Capitale

Mogadishu

Fête de l'Indépendance

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

Fête nationale

Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 Juillet (1960)

Constitution

25 Aoüt 1979, presidential approval 23 Septembre 1979

note: the Transitional National Government formed in Octobre 2000 has a mandate to create a new constitution and hold elections within three years

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan (depuis 26 August 2000); note - Interim Président 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

chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): ALI Khalifa Galaydh, appointed by the president 8 October 2000

cabinet: appointed by the prime minister and sworn in on 20 October 2000

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.