National Assembly (Djibouti)
National Assembly Assemblée nationale الجمعية الوطنية | |
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9th National Assembly | |
Union for the Presidential Majority (58)
UDJ (7) | |
Elections | |
Last election | 24 February 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Assemblee Nationale, Djibouti | |
Website | |
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Member State of the Arab League |
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11°35′45″N 43°08′55″E / 11.595916472648423°N 43.14861465874951°E
The National Assembly, formerly known as the Chamber of Deputies, is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Djibouti.
History
The first Assembly of the territory, then a
Overview
It consists of 65 members – 30 Somali (30 Issa) and 25 Afar – elected to serve five-year terms in multi-seat (4 to 37 each) constituencies. The first free multi-party parliamentary election since independence (1977) was held in 2003, with the ruling coalition, led by the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), receiving 62.7% of the vote.
Idriss Arnaoud Ali was President of the National Assembly from 2003 until his death in 2015. He was succeeded by Mohamed Ali Houmed.
For its entire existence, the National Assembly has been dominated by the
As of 2018, a quota mandates that at least 25% of the legislators be women.[3]
Presidents
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Ahmed Dini Ahmed | 13 May 1977 | 13 July 1977 | [4] |
Saad Warsama Dirie | 1977 | 1979 | [4] |
Abdoulkader Waberi Askar | 1979 | 1993 | [4] |
Said Ibrahim Badoul | 1993 | 2003 | [4] |
Idriss Arnaoud Ali | 2003 | 2015 | |
Mohamed Ali Houmed | 2015 | 2023 | |
Dileita Mohamed Dileita | 2023 | Incumbent |
Building
The building of the national assembly was built and partially financed by the government of Iran and completed on November 23, 2014. The debt for this project has still not been paid to this date. Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani attended a ceremony to inaugurate this new building and to hand it over.
References
- ^ "Djibouti ruling party claims landslide parliamentary win". Africanews. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: DJIBOUTI (Assemblée nationale), Last elections". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ "Présidence de la République de Djibouti". République de Djibouti (in French). 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ a b c d "Les Anciens Presidents". National Assembly. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016.
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