The 2001 referendum of the Constitution of Somaliland established a new democratic system. The political system in Somaliland is based on presidential, rather than parliamentary, system. A presidential system was chosen because the parliamentary system proved to be unable to deal with the constraints imposed by clan-based politics. Somaliland has three independent branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial.

The Somaliland government portal website has a page which gives a complete list of the current ministries and agencies in the Government.