Eswatini
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
Libandla (Parliament)
Chamber name
Senate (Senate)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
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
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the Senate
Speaker
Lindiwe
Dlamini
(Female)
Year of birth
1965
Term
23.10.2018
Additional information
Elected on 23 Oct. 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 to Parliament
Secretary General
Benedict
Xaba
(Male)
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.
Acting Clerk-at-the-Table of the Senate
Secretary General
Bhukumusa
Cusana Shongwe
(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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Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
10
Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
20
Note on the statutory number of members
The Senate shall comprise not more than 31 members.
Indirectly elected: elected by the House of Assembly, at least half of whom shall be women.
Appointed: appointed by the Head of State, at least eight of whom shall be women.
Indirectly elected: elected by the House of Assembly, at least half of whom shall be women.
Appointed: appointed by the Head of State, at least eight of whom shall be women.
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.
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
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Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sen. Khanyisile Malambe (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
85
Oldest member
Prince Mahlaba Dlamini (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 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 6 | Total >= 46: 24 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Members for whom data is available
30
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
10
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
At least half of the 10 senators elected by members of the chamber shall be female. At least eight of the twenty Senators appointed by the King should be female.
(Constitution 2005, Art. 94, par 2, 3)
(Constitution 2005, Art. 94, par 2, 3)
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution, art. 94 §2-3
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
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.