Comoros

Assembly of the Union

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Assemblée de l'Union (Assembly of the Union)
Chamber name
Assemblée de l'Union (Assembly of the Union)
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1979 to 1988
from 1994 to 1997
from 2008 to 2011
from 2016
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group
Arab group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the Assembly of the Union
Speaker
Abdou Moustadroine (Male)
Year of birth
1969
Term
03.04.2020
Additional information
Elected on 3 April 2020.
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Ahmed Assoumani Mohamed (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 22 Oct. 2020.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
24
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
24
Note on the statutory number of members
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Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
24
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
20
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
4
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
24 See historical data for this field.
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
822
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
34,250 See historical data for this field.

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.