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Somaliland

Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east.
See also: Somalia

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 102 entities connected with Somaliland. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Somaliland. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Somaliland

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Somaliland.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 96 entities identified as PEPs connected with Somaliland.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Health minister of Somaliland-21
Vice President of Somaliland--1
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the House of Representatives--80

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of Somaliland--1

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...