GALMUDUG
Officially: Maamul Goboleedka Galmudug; ولاية غامالدوغ « Ŭilājaḧ Ğālmādūğ ».
Seat of government: Gaalkacyo.
Status: Not democratic.
Structure: The president is chosen by parliament.
Head of government: Cabdi Xasan Cawaale (Qeybdiid), president.
Assessment:
Effectively independent but officially supportive of reunification. Established following the collapse of the Soomaali rιgime of Maxamed Siyaad Bare in 1991.
Controls only the southern part of the traditional gobol of Mudug. The state in 2014 theoretically agreed to be a component of a Central Regions state within the federal structure of Soomaaliya.
Updated: 2014 December 17.
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