This article listspolitical parties inSomalia. In 2017 an independent electoral commission was inaugurated with a mandate to oversee the process of registration of political parties in the country, according to Article 47 of theFederal Provisional Constitution which provides for anelectoral system. The system guarantees participation of every individual who subscribes to a political party.^[1] NIEC has registered over 100 political parties, most of which still operate from outside the country for security reasons.^[2] For this reason, political parties still remain relatively weak in the country.

In October 2019 six parties joined to form theForum for National Parties, an alliance founded by former presidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed which has come together to address the political and security issues faced by Somalia.^[3] The alliance includesHimilo Qaran party, led by former PresidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed, andPeace and Development Party led by current PresidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud. Other key leaders joining the coalition include Ilays party leader Abdulkadir Osoble, former South West PresidentSharif Hassan and former defense ministerMohamed Abdi, the first interim president ofAzania.

During thecivilian administration which existed prior to theseizure of power by theSupreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) in 1969, there were a number of localpolitical parties. Most notable of these early institutions was theSomali Youth League, the nation's first political organization. Upon assuming office, the SRC (led bySiad Barre)outlawed all extant political parties,^[4] and established theSomali Revolutionary Socialist Party to advocate a form ofscientific socialism inspired by 1960sSoviet Union.^[5] Following theoutbreak of thecivil war in 1991 that saw the ouster of the Barre regime, many of the few remaining political parties gave way to autonomous or semi-autonomous regional states, or fragmented into feuding militia groups. After several unsuccessful national reconciliation efforts, aTransitional Federal Government (TFG) was formed in 2000 with a five-year mandate leading toward the establishment of a new constitution and a transition to a representative government.^[6] TheFederal Government of Somalia was established on August 20, 2012, concurrent with the end of the TFG's interim mandate. It represents the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war.^[7]

On 29 May 2017, the Somali Political PartiesRegistration Office was established inMogadishu. The office's job is to bring the country to the party system and remove it from the current 4.5 clan power-sharing system.^[8][9] On 3 December 2017, theIndependent Electoral Commission began registering political parties in Somalia for the first time in 50 years.^[10]

As of 2023, the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) has registered a total of 110 parties.^[11] Some of the notable ones include

As of May 2020, there are 17 registered political parties in Puntland.^[12]

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