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New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta)
Your one-stop-shop for information about national parliaments
Mali
-National Assembly
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.
Notes
Expected date of next elections: November - December 2018
Parliament name
Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly)
Chamber name
Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly)
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1966-01 to 1969-01
from 1981-01 to 1991-01
from 1992-01
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.
President of the National Assembly
Speaker
Issaka
Sidibé
(Male)
Year of birth
1946
Term
22.01.2014
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
Modibo
Sidibé
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 28 Jan. 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
Compare data of this field.
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
147
Note on the statutory number of members
The parliamentary term, which had been due to end on 31 December 2018, was initially extended to 30 June 2019 by Organic Law No. 2018-067 of 6 December 2018.
Subsequently, in accordance with Law No. 2019-23/AN-RM, adopted by the National Assembly on 27 June 2019, the parliamentary term has been extended to 2 May 2020.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
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)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Youssouf Aya (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Abderhamane Niang (Male)
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.
Notes
An electoral list submitted by a political party, group of political parties or group of independent candidates, with at least three persons on it may not comprise more than 70 per cent of either women or men.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Article 2, Law No. 2015-052 dated 18 December 2015 instituting measures to promote gender equality in access to nominated and elected positions (Article 2, Loi n° 2015-052/ du 18 décembre 2015 instituant des mesures pour promouvoir le genre dans l'accès aux fonctions nominatives et électives).
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
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.
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.