Somalia Members of the House of the People

Lower chamber of Somalia's bicameral Parliament, the House of the People (Golaha Shacabka)

Current members of the House of the People (Golaha Shacabka), the lower chamber of Somalia's bicameral Federal Parliament. Its 275 seats are shared out between clans under the 4.5 power-sharing formula and filled for four-year terms by electoral colleges of delegates nominated in the federal member states. Together with the Upper House its members hold the country's legislative power, including passing laws, approving the budget and electing the President.

Vacant seats are marked as such in the source and may still name the member who held them. Those former members are included with an ended occupancy.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total556
Searchable278
Targets275
Entity types:
People275
Positions3
Countries:
Somalia278
Publisher:Federal Parliament of Somalia (Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya) · Somalia

The Federal Parliament of Somalia is the country's bicameral national legislature. Its lower chamber, the House of the People, publishes the roster of its sitting members.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:parliament.gov.so
Source data:parliament.gov.so · JSON
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:
2026-10-29 14:38:30 · v. 20261029143830-gti · change statistics...
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities209.63 KB
names.txtTarget names text file7.92 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format155.85 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON331.71 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV55.05 KB

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Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Mohamed Osman OmarPersonSomalia
Mohamud Abdikadir HajiPersonSomalia
Abdulatif Musse Nur YusufPersonSomalia
Mohamed Abdirahman Ahmed AliPersonSomalia
Bashir Abdi Mohamed MohamudPersonSomalia
Abdullahi Adan AhmedPersonSomalia
Abdi Ibrahim WarsamePersonSomalia
Mohamed Muhumed Mohamed AdenPersonSomalia
Mohamed Adan DahirPersonSomalia
Mohamed Abukar Ali MohamedPersonSomalia
Abdullahi Hassan AliPersonSomalia
Mohamed Hassan Adam MohamedPersonSomalia
Mohamed Ali OmarPersonSomalia
Mohamed Adam Mo'alim AliPersonSomalia
Omar Ali IsakPersonSomalia
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