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1997 Somaliland presidential election

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1997 Somaliland presidential election

← 1993 23 February 1997 2003 →

315 electors
158 votes needed to win
 
Candidate Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
Party Independent Independent
Electoral vote 223 90
Percentage 70.79% 28.57%

President before election

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Independent

Elected President

Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 23 February 1997, the third indirect presidential election since the country declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. The elections took place towards the end of the Hargeisa Conference, held between October 1996 and February 1997.[1] The election resulted in incumbent President Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal being reelected to a four-year term by a electoral college of elders who made up the national guurti(council of elders).[2] Egal's closest competitor was Minister of Finance Suleiman Mohamoud Adan, who was also formerly in the cabinet of inaugural President Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur.[3]

Background

After the 1993 election, the outgoing president, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, leaves the hall alongside newly elected president, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. Tuur is being congratulated by an elder man on his decision to accept the outcome of the election and stand down peacefully after several days intense debate and negotiation.

Shortly after declaring its independence from Somalia in mid-1991, SNM Chairman Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur was elected Somaliland’s first provisional president by clan elders.[4] He held the position until 16 May 1993, when clan elders elected Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal to serve a two-year term as president of the country's first post-war civilian government. In May 1995, Egal’s term was extended for another 18 months. New elections were held on 23 February 1997.[5]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim EgalIndependent22370.79
Suleiman Mohamoud AdanIndependent9028.57
Mohamed HashiIndependent20.63
Total315100.00
Source: African Elections

Aftermath

President Egal remained in office until his death in May 2002. He was succeeded in office by his Vice President, Dahir Riyale Kahin, who would go on to win the first direct presidential elections in 2003.

References

  1. ^ Jhazbhay, I. “Somaliland: The Journey of Resistance, Reconciliation and Peace.” African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention, vol. 7, no. 1, 19 Jan. 2010, pp. 67–68., https://doi.org/10.4314/asp.v7i1.54603.
  2. ^ Bradbury, Mark, et al. “Somaliland: Choosing Politics over Violence.” Review of African Political Economy, vol. 30, no. 97, Sept. 2003, p. 461., https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2003.9659778.
  3. ^ "Former Ministers".
  4. ^ Bradbury, Mark, et al. “Somaliland: Choosing Politics over Violence.” Review of African Political Economy, vol. 30, no. 97, Sept. 2003, p. 459., https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2003.9659778.
  5. ^ "Elections in Somaliland".
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