Mozambique
Assembly of the Republic
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Esperança Laurinda Francisco
Nhiuane Bias
(Female)
Year of birth
1958
Additional information
Elected on 13 Jan. 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Alfredo Vasco
Nogueira Nampete
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Aug. 2020.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
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.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Mércia Viriato (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
77
Oldest member
Eduardo Nihia (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
91 and over
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 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 30 | 78 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 83 | Total >= 46: 167 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 47 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
| Female | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quota.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
147
Number of women elected
103
New legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Esperança
Bias
(Female)
Political party
Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO)
Date of election
13.01.2020
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1975
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1975
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1975
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1977
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2010
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(March 2005)Contact information for the Committee
Phone
+258-849163486