President The President is directly elected for a five-year term using a
two-round system. Until 2010, the president was elected for two six-year terms. The constitution was then changed, which scrapped term limits and reduced the term to five years. Candidates may not be older than 75 years old. The President appoints the Prime Minister. Prime Minister
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed was appointed in April 2013.
National Assembly The National Assembly, formerly known as the Chamber of Deputies, has 65 seats, of which 52 are elected by
plurality voting multi-member constituencies, and 13 elected by
proportional representation. Until a change in the electoral law in November 2012, all 65 seats were elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies. is the Djibouti Ambassador for Ethiopia and Rwanda. ==See also==