South Sudan
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
National Legislature (Législature nationale)
Chamber name
Al-Watani (Council of States)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliament is in transitional status
Parliament is in a transitional status, pending the establishment of a new full-fledged parliament.
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 2012
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 Council of States
Speaker
Deng
Deng Akon
(Male)
Year of birth
1964
Term
02.08.2021
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
Alalla Loro
Younis
(Male)
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
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Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
100
Note on the statutory number of members
Appointed members: appointed by the President.
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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.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
57
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.
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
13
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Ensuring that women represent at least 25% of in legislative and executive bodies
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution, art. 16 §4
Links to additional information
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.