Democratic Republic of the Congo

SenateNational Assembly

National Assembly

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential-Parliamentary
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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
Christophe Mboso N’kodia Pwanga (Male)
Year of birth
1942
Additional information
Elected on 3 Feb. 2021.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Jean Nguvulu Khoji (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 8 May 2015.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
436
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
64
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Age

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
51.70
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
25
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Youngest member
Aminata Namasiya Bazego (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Christophe Mboso N’kodia Pwanga (Male)

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

Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1967
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
The ordonnance-loi (Decree-law) regarding Referendum Act N°67-223 of 3 May 1967 recognized the right of all Congolese, irrespective of sex, to participate in the Constitutional referendum. The law on legislative and presidential elections of 17 April 1970 supported suffrage as granted in the Constitution and formally gave both men and women the right to vote.
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
1970
National or local Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
The law on legislative and presidential elections of 17 April 1970 supported suffrage as granted in the Constitution of 1967 and formally gave both men and women the right to stand for election.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1970
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2019