Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud. Archival photo MOSCOW, May 16. Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud was sworn in as the President of Somalia, the Somali Guardian news portal reports. Earlier, the Somali Parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, who served as head of state from 2012 to 2017, in the third round of voting year as president. According to the election results, Mahmoud won 214 votes, the current president of the country Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed — 110. It is noted that he became the first politician who was twice elected to the post of head of Somalia. The current president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) has already congratulated the successor in his Twitter account .»I congratulate the President-elect, my brother His Excellency Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, on his victory in the election of the tenth president of our people. I call on all citizens to support him and pray for his success. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who helped to hold the elections peacefully and without problems «, — wrote Farmaggio. Somalia ceased to exist as a single state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the only legitimate authority in the country as the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas. The remaining parts of Somalia are under the control of unrecognized state entities or are self-governing territories. In particular, the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland is located in the northern part of the country, and the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998, is located in the eastern part of the country. Malian government announces withdrawal from the Sahel Five
