Editing Somaliland (section)

=== President and cabinet ===
{{Main|President of Somaliland|Cabinet of Somaliland}}

The executive is led by an elected [[President of Somaliland|president]], whose government includes a vice-president and a Council of Ministers.<ref name="Administration">{{cite web|url=http://somalilandgov.com/the-administration/ |title=Somaliland Government |publisher=The Somaliland Government |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> The Council of Ministers, who are responsible for the normal running of government, are nominated by the President and approved by the Parliament's House of Representatives.<ref name="Cabinet">{{cite web|url=http://somalilandgov.com/the-administration/ |title=Somaliland Cabinet |publisher=The Somaliland Government |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> The President must approve bills passed by the Parliament before they come into effect.<ref name="Administration" /> Presidential elections are confirmed by the [[National Electoral Commission (Somaliland)|National Electoral Commission of Somaliland]].<ref name="afp_2010-07-01">{{cite news |title=Opposition leader elected Somaliland president |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8hma5FaM4Jn8UUVlRwwK18hpStQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525021524/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8hma5FaM4Jn8UUVlRwwK18hpStQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2012 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |access-date=1 July 2010}}</ref> The President can serve a maximum of two five-year terms. The official residence and administrative headquarters of the President is the [[Presidential Palace, Somaliland|Somaliland Presidential Palace]] or State House in the capital city of [[Hargeisa]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The president of Somaliland is bargaining for recognition |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/06/13/the-president-of-somaliland-is-bargaining-for-recognition |access-date=2025-02-24 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The System Worked: Somaliland’s 2024 Presidential and Political Party Elections – De facto states research unit |url=https://defactostates.ut.ee/the-system-worked-somalilands-2024-presidential-and-political-party-elections/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=defactostates.ut.ee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Gregory Allen |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Connected/l9FVZiDVIyEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22somaliland+presidential+palace%22&dq=%22somaliland+presidential+palace%22&printsec=frontcover |title=Connected: Developing Somalia's Telecoms Industry in the Wake of State Collapse |date=2009 |publisher=University of California, Davis |language=en}}</ref>