Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party

Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party

Xisbiga Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo Horumarka
Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party Xisbiga Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo Horumarka
Chairman	Muse Bihi
President of Somaliland	Muse Bihi
Vice President of Somaliland	Abdirahman Saylici
Speaker of the House	Bashe Mohamed Farah
Founder	Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo
Founded	May 12, 2002; 19 years ago
Headquarters	Hargeisa
Ideology	Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Regional affiliation	Africa Liberal Network (observer)
Colors	Green Yellow
House of Representatives	30 / 82
Local councillors	93 / 220
Party flag
Website
	www.kulmiyeparty.org
	Politics of Somaliland; Political parties; Elections;

The Kulmiye Peace, Unity and Development Party (Somali: Xisbiga Kulmiye Nabad, Midnimo iyo Horumarka; Arabic: حزب التضامن‎), also known as simply Kulmiye (lit. 'Solidarity'), is the current ruling political party in Somaliland. The party was founded by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud in May 2002,^[2] ahead of the first municipal elections later that year. The party is mainly supported by people from the Habr Je'lo, Habr Awal^[3] and Darod clans.^[4]

In the presidential elections of 14 April 2003, its candidate Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud won 42.1% of the popular vote. He was narrowly defeated by Dahir Riyale Kahin.

In parliamentary elections held on 29 September 2005, the party won 34.1% of the vote and 28 out of 82 seats.

In the 2010 presidential election, Mohamoud and his running mate Abdirahman Saylici claimed victory and comfortably defeated Kahin.

History of leaders[]

Picture	Name	Term start	Term end	Date of birth	Notes
	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo" احمد محمد محمود	27 July 2010	13 December 2017	1936	4th President of Somaliland 27 July 2010 – 13 December 2017 Minister of Finance 1997 – 1999
	Muse Bihi Abdi موسى بيحي عبدي	13 December 2017	Present	2 January 1948	5th President of Somaliland 13 December 2017 – present Minister of Interior 1993 – 1995

2017 Somaliland presidential election[]

Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 13 November 2017, the third direct presidential election since 2003. General elections had been scheduled to be held in Somaliland on 27 March 2017 to elect both the President and House of Representatives,^[5] but were initially postponed by six months due to the drought condition in the region.^[6] The elections to elect the President and Vice President were eventually held separately on 13 November.^[7] Incumbent President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud of the Kulmiye did not run for a second term.

The result was a victory for the ruling Kulmiye party and its candidate Muse Bihi Abdi, who received 55% of the vote.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Muse Bihi Abdi	Peace, Unity, and Development Party	305,909	55.10
	Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi	Waddani	226,092	40.73
	Faisal Ali Warabe	For Justice and Development	23,141	4.17
Invalid/blank votes			10,475	–
Total			565,617	100
Registered voters/turnout			704,198	80.32
Source: SLNEC

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
2003	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo"	205,515	42.07%	Lost N
2010	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud "Silanyo"	266,906	49.59%	Elected Y
2017	Muse Bihi Abdi	305,909	55.1%	Elected Y

Parliamentary elections[]

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2005	228,328	34.06%	28 / 82	28	2nd
2021	257,020	36.92%	30 / 82	2	2nd

Local elections[]

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2002	83,158	18.90%	71 / 379	71	2nd
2012	244,795	30.19%	99 / 323	28	1st
2021	TBD	TBD	93 / 220	6	1st

References[]

^ "ALN Member Parties". Africa Liberal Network. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ "Brief History". Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ Daud, Abdi Hussein (1 January 2017). "Somaliland: Political Parties or Clan Parties?". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2010 - Somaliland [Somalia], 1 June 2010, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4c1a1e9ec.html [accessed 13 August 2020]
^ Somaliland: “Presidential and Parliament Elections Slated for March 2017 Archived November 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Somaliland Sun, 10 September 2015
^ "Somalia: Presidential election postponed in Somaliland". Garowe Online. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ Maruf, Harun (13 November 2017). "Voting Begins in Somaliland in Third Presidential Election Since 2003". VOA.

External links[]

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[Alnmp-1] "ALN Member Parties". Africa Liberal Network. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[2] "Brief History". Retrieved 2020-06-20.

[3] Daud, Abdi Hussein (1 January 2017). "Somaliland: Political Parties or Clan Parties?". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[4] Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2010 - Somaliland [Somalia], 1 June 2010, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4c1a1e9ec.html [accessed 13 August 2020]

[5] Somaliland: “Presidential and Parliament Elections Slated for March 2017 Archived November 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Somaliland Sun, 10 September 2015

[6] "Somalia: Presidential election postponed in Somaliland". Garowe Online. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[7] Maruf, Harun (13 November 2017). "Voting Begins in Somaliland in Third Presidential Election Since 2003". VOA.

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