Gabon

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Parliament de la transition (Transitional Parlement)
Chamber name
Assemblée nationale de la transition (Transitional National Assembly)
Structure & Status of parliament This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliament is in transitional status Parliament is in a transitional status, pending the establishment of a new full-fledged parliament.

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1972
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly
Speaker
Jean-François Ndongou (Male)
Year of birth
1960
Term
11.09.2023
Additional information
Appointed on 11 Sep. 2023.
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Patrick Ndongo (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 10 Dec. 2020.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
98
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Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
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Appointed members Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
98
Note on the statutory number of members
Members are appointed by decree of the Transitional President.

The Transitional Charter, amended on 6 October 2023, provides for a 98-member Transitional National Assembly as follows:
- 67 members from legally recognized political parties or chosen from among leading political figures
- 25 members from civil society
- 6 members from the defence and security forces
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
98
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
73
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
25
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
25.51% See historical data for this field.
Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
168 See historical data for this field.
Population (in thousands)
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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members
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Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Article 55 of the Transitional Charter stipulates that women’s access to elected and nominated offices may be promoted by specific measures provided for under the law.
The composition of the various transitional bodies is to take gender into account.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.