This is a list of presidents of the Republic of Somaliland , a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa , considered internationally to be part of Somalia . The Republic of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland , which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of Somaliland .[1] [2] President of Somaliland is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland . The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Somaliland and is the commander-in-chief of the Somaliland Armed Forces . The official residence of the president is the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa .
Latest election
On 21 November 2017 the NEC announced that Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye party polled 55.1% of votes to emerge winner. His closest contender was Abdirahman Irro of the Waddani party who polled 40.7% with Faysal Ali Warabe finishing last with 4.2% of votes.[3]
Candidate Running mate Party Votes % Muse Bihi Abdi Abdirahman Saylici Peace, Unity, and Development Party 305,909 55.10 Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Waddani 226,092 40.73 Faysal Ali Warabe Abdi Ahmed Musa Abyan For Justice and Development 23,141 4.17 Total 555,142 100.00 Valid votes 555,142 98.15 Invalid/blank votes 10,475 1.85 Total votes 565,617 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 704,198 80.32 Source: SLNEC
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