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Guinea

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National Assembly

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential system
Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
IPU membership Current membership status
Yes

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
Assemblée nationale (National Assembly)
Chamber name
Assemblée nationale (National Assembly)
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1996-01 to 2007-01
from 2008-01 to 2009-01
from 2014-01
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 National Assembly
Speaker
Claude Kory Kondiano (Male)
Year of birth
1942
Term
13.01.2014

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
Mohamed Bérété (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 10 March 2014.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
114
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
114
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
114
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
88
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
26
Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
22.81% 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.
114
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
12,092
Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
106,070 See historical data for this field.

Age

Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
19
Youngest member
Habib Baldé (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
76
Oldest member
Sékou Savane (Male)

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.
No
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
Notes
At least 30% of the candidates on the proportional representation lists must be women (Article 129 (2) of the Electoral Law). In addition, in case 2 candidates of different sex obtain an equal number of votes, the contested seat should be won by the candidate of an under-represented sex (Article 130).
Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Electoral Law, article 129 §2 and 130
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No