Comoros
Assembly of the Union
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Abdou
Moustadroine
(Male)
Year of birth
1969
Additional information
Elected on 3 April 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Ahmed Assoumani
Mohamed
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 22 Oct. 2020.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
20
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.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
20
Number of women elected
4
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.
16.67%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
4
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.
20
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.
4
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.
Abdou
Moustadroine
(Male)
Political party
Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC)
Date of election
03.04.2020
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1975
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1975
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
Prior to independence, under French administration, women were granted the right to vote under the Loi-cadre Deferre, adopted on 23 June 1956.
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
1956
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1993