Angola
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Fernando
da Piedade Dias dos Santos
(Male)
Year of birth
1950
Secretary general
Secretary General
Pedro
Agostinho de Neri
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Sworn in on 3 Oct. 2012, reappointed on 22 November 2017.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
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
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Yolanda Brígida Domingos de Sousa (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
85
Oldest member
José Diogo Ventura (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
31-40
41-45
51-60
61-70
71-80
91 and over
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 69 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 32 | Total >= 46: 148 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Law 20/10 of 3 December, art. 20 provides rules to promote equal opportunities between men and women, whereby there is at least 30% gender representation in directive bodies at all levels.
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
ABJ!
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
1975
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1980
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Group of Women Parliamentarians (GMP)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
The Group of Women Parliamentarians is made up of all women Members of the National Assembly.
The leadership of the Group of Women Parliamentarians has the following composition:
a) A President;
b) Two Vice-Presidents;
c) Two Secretaries.
Leadership is elected, by an absolute majority of women deputies in office, on the proposal of political parties or coalitions of political parties with parliamentary seats, in strict respect for the principle of proportionality. The term of office of the leadership of the Group of Women Parliamentarians is two and a half years, without prejudice to possible changes, whenever necessary.
The leadership of the Group of Women Parliamentarians has the following composition:
a) A President;
b) Two Vice-Presidents;
c) Two Secretaries.
Leadership is elected, by an absolute majority of women deputies in office, on the proposal of political parties or coalitions of political parties with parliamentary seats, in strict respect for the principle of proportionality. The term of office of the leadership of the Group of Women Parliamentarians is two and a half years, without prejudice to possible changes, whenever necessary.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
The Group of Women Parliamentarians aims at the internal and external exchange of within the parliament and to ensure the promotion of women and the adoption of institutional mechanisms to address issues related to the promotion of gender equality.
The Group of Women Parliamentarians operates on the basis of its own regulation, approved by the Plenary of the National Assembly.
The Group of Women Parliamentarians operates on the basis of its own regulation, approved by the Plenary of the National Assembly.