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Other events of 2017
List of years in Somalia

Events from the year 2017 in Somalia

Incumbents

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected new president of Somalia

President – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (until 8 February); Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Prime Minister – Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (until 1 March); Hassan Ali Khayre

Events

2 January – January 2017 Mogadishu bombings.^[1]
8 February – the Somali presidential election, 2017 concluded with Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed elected as the new president

Deaths

8 February – Mohamud Muse Hersi, politician.^[2]
3 May – Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, politician (b. 1985)

References

↑ "7 Killed in Mogadishu Suicide Blasts". Voanews.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
↑ "Somalia: Former Puntland President dies in UAE". garoweonline.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

2017 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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