Equatorial Guinea

Chamber of DeputiesSenate

Chamber of Deputies

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
Gaudencio Mohaba Messu (Male)
Year of birth
1970
Additional information
Elected on 12 July 2013, re-elected on 12 Jan. 2018 and on 19 Jan. 2023.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Bienvenido Ekua Esono (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Re-appointed on 17 Sep. 2013.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
69
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
31
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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.
50.09
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Members for whom no data is available IPU does not contain age and gender data for all chambers of parliament.
2
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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
69
Number of women elected
31
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.
31%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
31

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.
69
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.
31
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.
Gaudencio Mohaba Messu (Male)
Political party
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) and its allies
Date of election
19.01.2023
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1968
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1968
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 Spanish administration, the Basic Law, adopted on 15 December 1963 introduced the right to vote for women as well as limited autonomy and self-government. 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
1963
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
1968
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.
2013