Somalia Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Somali Democratic Republic

Type: republic

Capital: Mogadishu

Political subdivisions· 18 regions, 60 districts

National holiday: 21 October

Branches: President dominates political system; Cabinet carries out day-to-day government functions; unicameral legislature (National People’s Assembly) exists but has little power

Government leader: Maj. Gen. Mohamed SIAD Barre, President and Commander in Chief of the Army (since October 1969)

Political party and leader: the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), created on 1 July 1976, is the sole legal party, Maj. Gen. Mohamed Siad Barre is general secretary of the SRSP

Elections: parliamentary elections held 31 December 1984

Communists: probably some Communist sympathizers in the government hierarchy

Member of: AfOB Arab League, EAMA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, O AU, O1C, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.