Parliament of Zimbabwe
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Parliament of Zimbabwe | |
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Speaker & President) | |
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National Assembly political groups |
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Length of term | Five years |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting | |
Last Senate election | 23 August 2023 |
Last National Assembly election | 23 August 2023 |
Next Senate election | No later than 5 August 2028 |
Next National Assembly election | No later than 5 August 2028 |
| Redistricting | Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, in consultation with the President and Parliament |
| Meeting place | |
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| Parliament House Harare Zimbabwe | |
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| New Zimbabwe Parliament Building Mount Hampden Zimbabwe | |
| Website | |
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| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Zimbabwe | |
| Footnotes | |
| The transition to the New Parliament Building is still underway. Parliament continues to meet at Parliament House in Harare. | |
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the
disabilities. The National Assembly is the lower house, and consists of 280 members. Of these, 210 are elected from single-member constituencies. The remaining 70 seats are reserved women's and youth quotas: 60 for women; 10 for youth. These are elected by proportional representation from ten six-member and one-member constituencies respectively, corresponding to the country's provinces.[2]
Formerly based at Parliament House, Harare, the parliament will move to the New Zimbabwe Parliament Building during the current Parliament.[3] The new building has 650 seats, which will allow the parliament to expand.[4]
History
Historically, the first legislature in what is now Zimbabwe was the
white Zimbabweans. The white-reserved seats were abolished in 1987, and a constitutional amendment in 1989 abolished the Senate and expanded the House of Assembly to 120 seats. In 2005, the Senate was reintroduced and the House of Assembly expanded. The House of Assembly was expanded once again in 2007 to 210 seats. The present parliamentary structure has been in place since the adoption of a new constitution
in 2013.
The Senate is presided over by its
10th Parliament of Zimbabwe is the current Parliament since the 2023 general election. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, the ruling party since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, holds majorities in both chambers of Parliament. The Citizens Coalition for Change holds most of the remaining seats, and forms the opposition
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See also
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References
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe 2013, as amended to 2017". constitutions.unwomen.org. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Final Report" (PDF). IRI/NDI Zimbabwe International Election Observation Mission. October 2018. p. 20.
- ^ Patrick Mulyungi (18 March 2022). "New Zimbabwe Parliament Building Project Updates, Mount Hampden, Harare". Construction Review Online. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ Zimbabwe: Chinese funded 650-seat parliament building nears completion, retrieved 17 September 2022