United Arab Emirates
Federal National Council
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Saqr
Ghobash
(Male)
Year of birth
1952
Additional information
Elected on 14 Nov. 2019, re-elected on 6 Nov. 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Omar Abulrahman
Salem Al Nuaimi
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 9 Dec. 2019.
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
Meera Al Suwaidi (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
71
Oldest member
Saqr Ghobash (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
18-20
0
51-60
81-90
0
91 and over
0
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 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 9 | Total >= 46: 31 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Women have a 50% quota in the parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
1
Women Indirectly Elected
8
Women Appointed
0
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1971
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
2005
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
First ever legislative elections held, for half the seats in the Federal National Council, voted by an electoral college which included women.
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
2005
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
First ever legislative elections held, for half the seats in the Federal National Council, voted by an electoral college which included women.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
2006
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.
2015