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Cambodia

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National Assembly

This is a bicameral parliament. Switch to theSenate
Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary 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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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Heng Samrin (Male)
Year of birth
1934
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Secretary general

Secretary general
Leng Peng Long (Male)

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
25
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
20% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members
Not available
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
34
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Youngest member
Sohan SOK (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
83
Oldest member
Samrin HENG
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
23
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
99
Total per sex
Total of male
97
Total of female
25
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
14
41-45
9
46-50
10
51-60
33
61-70
47
71-80
9
81-90
0
91 and over
0
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 14 9 10 33 47 9 0 0
Total <= 45: 23 Total >= 46: 99
Male 0 0 12 8 9 20 39 9 0 0 97
Female 0 0 2 1 1 13 8 0 0 0 25
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 younger11.48%9.84%1.64%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger18.85%16.39%2.46%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Elections > Election results

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
106
Number of women elected
19
Percentage of women elected The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
15.2%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
19

New legislature

Total number of men after the election The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
106
Total number of women after the election The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
19
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Heng Samrin (Male)
Political party
Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
Date of election
05.09.2018
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1953
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1958
Parliamentary bodies > Caucuses

Women

Caucus name
Women Parliamentarians Group
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
No
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
No
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No