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Somalia Government 1996

    • Names:

        conventional long form:
        none

        conventional short form:
        Somalia

        former:
        Somali Republic

    • Digraph:
      SO

    • Type:
      none

    • Capital:
      Mogadishu

    • Administrative divisions:
      18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed

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

    • National holiday:
      NA

    • Constitution:
      25 August 1979, presidential approval 23 September 1979

    • Legal system:
      NA

    • Suffrage:
      18 years of age; universal

    • Executive branch:
      Somalia has no functioning government; the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the regime of Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre on 27 January 1991; the present political situation is one of anarchy, marked by inter-clan fighting and random banditry

    • Legislative branch:
      unicameral People's Assembly

        People's Assembly (Golaha Shacbiga):
        not functioning

    • Judicial branch:
      Supreme Court (not functioning)

    • Political parties and leaders:
      the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the former regime on 27 January 1991; formerly the only party was the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), headed by former President and Commander in Chief of the Army Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre

    • Other political or pressure groups:
      numerous clan and subclan factions are currently vying for power

    • Member of:
      ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

    • Diplomatic representation in US:
      Somalian Embassy ceased operations on 8 May 1991

    • US diplomatic representation:

        note:
        the US Embassy in Mogadishu was evacuated and closed indefinitely in January 1991; Ambassador Daniel SIMPSON, ambassador to Kenya, represents US interests in Somalia

        liaison office:
        US Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya

        address:
        corner of Moi Avenue and Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi

        mailing address:
        P.O. Box 30137, Unit 64100, Nairobi or APO AE 09831

        telephone:
        [254] (2) 334141

        FAX:
        [254] (2) 340838

    • Flag:
      light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; design based on the flag of the UN (Italian Somaliland was a UN trust territory)






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