Somalia's Constitution provides for a parliamentarian system of government, with the President of Somalia as head of state and a selected Prime Minister as head of government.
The Transitional Federal Parliament elected the President and Prime Minister, and had the authority to propose and pass laws.
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Yusuf was appointed Prime Minister on December 8, 2003 by then President of Somalia, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, to replace Hassan Abshir Farah.
The former President of nearby Somalia, Maj. General Mohamed Siyad Barre, was born in Shilavo, although he later claimed he was born in Garbahaarreey so he would be eligible to serve in the Italian colonial police force.
The election was necessitated following the resignation of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed on 29 December 2008, over the dismissal of the government of Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein which was not approved by the Transitional Federal Parliament.