Rwanda
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
Parliament (Parlement)
Chamber name
Chambre des Députés (Chamber of Deputies)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1971 to 1973
from 1982 to 1994
from 1995
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
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
Speaker
Donatille
Mukabalisa
(Female)
Year of birth
1960
Term
05.10.2013
Additional information
Re-elected on 18 Sep. 2018.
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.
Clerk
Secretary General
Kambanda
Jeannine
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 13 Sep. 2016.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
53
Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
27
Note on the statutory number of members
Indirectly elected members: These include:
- 24 women by electoral colleges from each Province and the City of Kigali;
- Two members elected by the National Youth Council;
- One member elected by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
- 24 women by electoral colleges from each Province and the City of Kigali;
- Two members elected by the National Youth Council;
- One member elected by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
31
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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.
Population (in thousands)
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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.
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
46.81
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Clarisse Imaniriho (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
68
Oldest member
Fidèle Rwigamba (Male)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 40 | Total >= 46: 40 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Members for whom data is available
80
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.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
24
Youth
2
Persons with disabilities
1
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
‘Twenty four (24) female Deputies shall be elected by specific organs in accordance with national administrative entities. A Presidential Order shall determine a national administrative entity and the number of women Deputies to be elected at each entity. At each entity through which election has been conducted, candidates who obtain more votes shall be considered as elected’ ( https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas )
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution, Title IV, Chapter II, art. 76; Article 109 of Organic Law 03/2010/OL of 18 June 2010 governing presidential and legislative elections
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Notes
Reserved seat. 2 MPs under 35 years of age shall be elected to the Chamber of Deputies by the National Youth Council
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution, Article 76, 2003
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
Rules of procedure/Standing Orders
Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.