National Assembly of the Gambia
National Assembly of the Gambia | ||
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Speaker | ||
Deputy Speaker | Seedy Njie (NPP) since 17 April 2022 | |
Majority Leader | Billay Tunkara (NPP) since 17 April 2022 | |
Minority Leader | ||
| Structure | ||
| Seats | 58 | |
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Political groups | Government (29) Opposition (29)α
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| Elections | ||
President | ||
Last election | 9 April 2022 | |
Next election | 2027 | |
| Meeting place | ||
| Parliament Buildings, Banjul | ||
| Website | ||
| www | ||
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 The Gambia portal |
The National Assembly of the Gambia is the unicameral legislature of the Gambia. The authorisation for the National Assembly lies in Chapter VII of the Constitution of the Gambia. It is composed of 53 members directly elected through first past the post, and a further five members appointed by the President.
Composition and electoral system
The National Assembly is
History
Legislative representation based on
Legislative elections to the renamed National Assembly took place on 2 January 1997. Jammeh's
The Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) (IEC) lifted the ban on the PPP, GPP, and NCP in August 2001, five months before the next scheduled legislative election.
On April 7, 2017, the IEC announced that UDP had won a majority of 31 seats out of 53 available during the 2017 legislative elections.
On 17 April 2022, the sixth legislature was sworn in after the 2022 elections, NPP's electoral alliance with the APRC and with NRP gave the pro-government bloc a majority, with 29 seats.[1]
Leadership
The current leadership of the National Assembly is as follows: APRC leader Fabakary Jatta as assembly speaker, Seedy Njieh as deputy speaker, Billay Tunkara as majority leader and UDP leader Ousainou Darboe as minority leader.[2] The Speaker and Deputy Speaker may only be chosen from among the presidential appointees to the National Assembly, not the elected members.[3] Speakers of the National Assembly are considered impartial presiding officers, although they may cast tie-breaking votes.[4]
| Role | Term of Office | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the National Assembly | ||
| Mustapha B. Wadda | 1997–2002 | APRC |
| Sheriff Mustapha Dibba | 2002–2006 | NCP
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| Belinda Bidwell | 2006–2007 | Independent |
| Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay | 2007–2010 | APRC |
| Abdoulie Bojang | 2010–2017 | APRC |
| Mariam Jack-Denton | 2017–2022 | UDP
|
| Fabakary Jatta | 2022-present | APRC |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly | ||
| Cecilia Cole | 1997–2000 | APRC |
| Belinda Bidwell | 2002–2006 | Independent |
| George Aziz | 2006–2007 | APRC |
| Abdoulie Bojang | 2007–2010 | APRC |
| Fatou Mbye | 2010–2017 | APRC |
| Momodou L. K. Sanneh | 2017–2022 | UDP
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| Seedy Njieh | 2022-present | NPP |
| Majority Leader | ||
| Tamsir Jallow | 1997–2002 | APRC |
| Baba Jobe | 2002–2003 | APRC |
| Churchill Baldeh | 2003–2007 | APRC |
| Fabakary Jatta | 2007–2017 | APRC |
| Kebba K. Barrow | 2017–2022 | UDP
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| Billay Tunkara | 2022-present | NPP |
| Minority Leader | ||
| Kemesseng Jammeh | 1997–2002 | UDP
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| Halifa Sallah | 2002–2007 | PDOIS |
| Momodou L. K. Sanneh | 2007–2012 | UDP
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| Samba Jallow | 2012–2022 | NRP |
| Alhagie S Darboe | 2022-present | UDP
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Notes
- ^α Independents are listed as part of the opposition by default.
See also
- History of the Gambia
- Politics of the Gambia
- List of speakers of the National Assembly of the Gambia
- List of NAMs elected in the 2022 Gambian parliamentary election
References
- ^ "Ally of ex-Gambian dictator sworn in as parliament speaker". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Hon Fabakary Jatta & Hon Seedy Njie takeover Leadership of Sixth Legislature". GAINAKO. 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 242.
- ^ "Ally of ex-Gambian dictator sworn in as parliament speaker". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
External links
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