Tunisia
Assembly of People's Representatives
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.
Chamber name
Majlis Nawwab ash-Sha'ab (Assembly of People's Representatives)
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1957
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
Arab group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the Assembly of People's Representatives
Speaker
Rached Kheriji
Ghannouchi
(Male)
Year of birth
1941
Term
13.11.2019
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
Adel
Hanchi
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Dec. 2019.
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.
217
Note on the statutory number of members
Note: 18 seats are reserved for Tunisians abroad.
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)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.
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
Abdelhamid Marzouki (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 | 15 | 43 | 28 | 34 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 86 | Total >= 46: 131 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 61 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Female | 0 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
Members for whom data is available
217
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
According to the Electoral Law, Article 16 of Decree 35: 'Candidates shall file their candidacy applications on the basis of parity between men and women.' Lists that do not follow the principle of gender parity will only be admitted when the number of seats, in the relevant constituency, is odd and "Lists shall be established in such a way to alternate between men and women" (Article 16).
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Electoral Law, Article 16.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Notes
Legislated Quota. In districts with four or more seats, one young candidate under 35 years of age should be placed in one of the top four list positions.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Organic Law 16 of 2014, Art. 25 and Art. 8 of the Constitution.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
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.