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2009 Puntland presidential election information


2009 Puntland presidential election
2009 Puntland presidential election
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66 MPs of the House of Representatives
45 votes needed to win
 
Candidate Abdirahman Farole Abdullahi Ahmed Jama
Party Horseed Independent
Electoral vote 49 17

President before election

Adde Muse

Elected President

Abdirahman Farole

The 2009 Puntland presidential election was held on 8 January 2009 in Garowe, the administrative capital of the autonomous Puntland state of Somalia. The second such vote to be held in the state since its establishment 1998, it followed the election of a new Parliament Speaker and Deputy Speakers on January 04, 2009 by the 66-seat bicameral legislature. Candidates included officials from the incumbent Puntland administration, former government ministers and prominent local entrepreneurs. The ballot saw the election of former Puntland minister of finance Abdirahman Farole as the fourth president of Puntland, majority defeating Abdullahi Ahmed Jama. Parliament of Puntland concurrently elected Abdisamad Ali Shire as Puntland's new vice president in place of Hassan Dahir Afqurac.

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