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BREAKING: Somali parliament elects first-ever female deputy speaker of the Lower House
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    Thursday April 28, 2022

    Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia's lawmakers elected Sadia Yassin Hajji Samatar as the country's first-ever female Deputy Speaker on Thursday after defeating Mohamed Omar Aana Nuug.

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    Sadia Yassin won with 137 votes, while Mohamed Aana Nuug received 107 votes in the second and final round of the voting. She was a member of the opposition MPs in the 10th parliament.

    Meanwhile, Abdullahi Omar Abshirow was declared the Second Deputy Speaker of Somalia's 11th Parliament after beating the incumbent Mahad Abdalla Awad in the run-off election.

    Abdullahi Abshirow received 146 votes, while the incumbent Mahad Abdalla Awad received 95 votes.

    Prime Minister Mohmed Hussein Roble and President Farmajo congratulated the newly elected Deputy Speakers of the Lower House. 

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