Western Somali Democratic Party
Western Somali Democratic Party (WSDP; also known as Somali Galbed) is a political party in Ethiopia. It emerged from the Western Somali Liberation Front in 1975. The former President of the Somali Region, , has been the party chairman since 1994; the vice chairman of the party is .
In the 2005 regional elections, the WSDP won one seat (of 182) in the legislature of the Somali Region.[1] In 2000 it had won 3 out of 168. The principal strongholds of the WSDP's support is around Jigjiga, Kebri Dahar and .[2] In the 1995 elections, the WSDP won 15 of the 135 seats in the regional parliament and 1 of the 25 seats assigned to the Somali Region.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ African Elections Database
- ^ Ayele Gebre-Mariam, The Critical Issue of Land Ownership: Violent Conflict Between Abdalla Tolomogge and Awlihan in Godey Zone, Somali Region of Ethiopia, p. 25
- ^ John Markakis, "The Somali in Ethiopia," Review of African Political Economy, 23, No. 70 (December, 1996), p. 569
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