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.
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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
Mohamed Drissi Dada (Male)

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
174
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Principal mode of designation of members
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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Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
170
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
163
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
7
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
4.12% 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.
581 See historical data for this field.
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
Breakdown of members by age and gender
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 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
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0%0%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger11.18%11.18%0%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger26.47%25.88%0.59%
Members for whom data is available
170 See historical data for this field.

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.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.