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Yemen

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Consultative Council

This is a bicameral parliament. Switch to theHouse of Representatives
Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Transitional system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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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
Majlis (Parliament)
Chamber name
Majlis Alshoora (Consultative Council)
Structure & Status of parliament This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1975 to 1976
from 1979
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.
Arab group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Chairman of the Consultative Council
Speaker
Mohamed Aidross (Male)
Term
04.03.2019
Additional information
Elected on 4 March 2019.
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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
Zayed Yahya Muhammad Saleh al-Riami (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 10 Feb. 2019.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
111
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Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
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Appointed members Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
111
Note on the statutory number of members
Appointed by the President.
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
111
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
108
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
3
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
2.7% See historical data for this field.
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.
412
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
26,916
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
65,330 See historical data for this field.

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.

 

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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