Djibouti
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Mohamed
Ali Houmed
(Male)
Year of birth
1973
Secretary general
Secretary General
Ismail
Goulal Boudine
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Housseina Abdoulkader Ali (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
77
Oldest member
Elmi Obsieh Waïs (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
40
Total per sex
Total of male
48
Total of female
17
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
6
31-40
13
41-45
6
46-50
11
51-60
20
61-70
5
71-80
4
81-90
0
91 and over
0
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 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 25 | Total >= 46: 40 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Female | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
The proportion of either male or female candidates on the lists of candidates submitted by political parties and/or political party groupings must be 25 per cent of the number of seats to be filled. If not the list will be inadmissible.
The quota of elected members of either sex to the National Assembly is fixed at not less than 25 per cent.
The quota of elected members of either sex to the National Assembly is fixed at not less than 25 per cent.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
0
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
1977
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1946
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 on 27 October 1946 with foundation of the French Union, the 4th Republic and the attribution of the status of territoire d'outre-mer to Djibouti the same year. Following the "Loi Lamine Guèye" all citizens of the Union territories had the right to vote for the French Parliament. This right was confirmed at independence.
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
1986
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
2003
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Caucus of Djiboutian Women Parliamentarians (CFPD)
(December 2019)
Formal or informal
Formal