page_title: Politics of Somaliland
section_title: Executive branch
hierarchical_section_title: Politics of Somaliland / Executive branch
caption_attribution_description: English: Meeting hall of the House of Representatives (Lower House of Parliament) in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland (Somalia).
context_page_description: The politics of Somaliland take place within a hybrid system of governance, which, under the Somaliland constitution, combines traditional and western institutions. The constitution separates government into an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch, each of which functions independently from the others.
caption: Meeting hall, House of Representatives
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