MPs in Somalia elect a new speaker to pave the path for elections.
Mr. Madobe, 66, previously served as speaker for two years in 2007 during the late President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's transitional administration.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Sheikh Adan Madobe has been voted speaker of Somalia's lower chamber of parliament by members of parliament.
Mr. Madobe's election comes a day after the speaker of the upper house was re-elected.
The election of speakers is a critical milestone in the long-running electoral process in the country.
The process of picking the country's next president is expected to be spearheaded by the new legislative leaders, and it must be completed by the end of May.
Mr. Madobe, 66, previously served as speaker for two years in 2007 during the late President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed's transitional administration.
In a closely contested poll that ended in the early hours of Thursday, he received 163 votes against Hassan Abdinur's 89 votes.
He was sworn in as president after the election, which took place in an air force hangar near the African Union peacekeeping mission base in Mogadishu.
The government had missed many election deadlines, resulting in US penalties against members of parliament.
