Somalie - Gouvernement - Profil - 2004

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); note - 26 Juin (1960) in Somaliland

Constitution

25 Aoüt 1979, presidential approval 23 Septembre 1979
note: the Transitional National Government formed in Aoüt 2000 had a three-year mandate to create a new constitution and hold elections, this goal was not achieved but the process is ongoing

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan (depuis 26 August 2000); note - as of December 2002, there was no executive branch in southern Somalia; Interim Président ABDIKASSIM was chosen for a three-year term by a 245-member National Assembly serving as a transitional government but has little power; the political situation, particularly in the south, with interclan fighting and random banditry, remains fluid
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Muhammad Abdi YUSUF (depuis 8 December 2003)
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