2-648: The Government of Puntland ( Somali : Dowladda Buntilaan ee Soomaaliya ) ( Arabic : حكومة أرض بنط الصومالية ) is the supreme governing authority of the autonomous region of Puntland State of Somalia . The legal structure of Puntland consists of the judiciary ( Supreme Court ), legislative ( House of Representatives ) and the executive (the President , Vice president and his nominated council of Ministries) branches of government. Puntland has conducted Seven presidential elections ( 1998 , 2001 , 2005 , 2009 , 2014 , 2019 , 2024 ). Five Presidents are elected by
4-492: A 66-member unicameral parliament. Since 1998, the governing bodies have been located in the administrative capital of Garowe . Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, a homegrown constitutional conference was held in Garowe in 1998 over a period of three months. Attended by the area's political elite, traditional elders ( Issims ), members of the business community, intellectuals and other civil society representatives,
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