Algeria
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.
Notes
Parliamentary term: 6 years; one-half of the members is renewed every 3 years
Parliament name
Barlaman (Parliament)
Chamber name
Majlis al-Oumma (Council of the Nation)
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
6
Frequency of renewal (years)
For parliaments/chambers are that are partially renewed (by half, by one third) on a regular basis.
3
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1977 to 1991
from 1993
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 Council of the Nation
Speaker
Salah
Goudjil
(Male)
Year of birth
1931
Term
24.02.2021
Additional information
Elected on 24 Feb.2021, re-elected on 24 Feb. 2022.
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
Mohamed
Drissi Dada
(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
Indirectly elected
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Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
116
Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
58
Note on the statutory number of members
- Indirectly elected members: Two members per wilaya (province), elected by the People's Communal Assemblies and the People's Wilaya Assemblies.
- Appointed members: appointed by the President.
In accordance with Article 122 of the constitutional amendments adopted following a referendum held in November 2020, the parliamentary mandate will be limited to a maximum of two terms, consecutive or separate. This limit takes into account all terms served or being served by members elected to the Council of the Nation before the 2020 constitutional amendments.
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- Appointed members: appointed by the President.
In accordance with Article 122 of the constitutional amendments adopted following a referendum held in November 2020, the parliamentary mandate will be limited to a maximum of two terms, consecutive or separate. This limit takes into account all terms served or being served by members elected to the Council of the Nation before the 2020 constitutional amendments.
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
Issam Nechma (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
91
Oldest member
Salah Goudjil (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 | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 45 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 1 | |
Total <= 45: 45 | Total >= 46: 125 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 43 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 163 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Members for whom data is available
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
Organization Act No. 12-03 of 12 January 2012 on modalities for facilitating women’s access to membership in elected bodies requires that women make up a certain percentage of the candidates for election to the Wilaya Assembly and the Commune Assembly, from which they may be elected to membership in the Council of the Nation.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Organic Law No. 12-03 of 12 January 2012.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
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.