Guinea
Transitional National Council
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
Conseil national de transition (Transitional National Council)
Chamber name
Conseil national de transition (Transitional National Council)
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 1996 to 2007
from 2008 to 2009
from 2014
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.
President of the Transitional National Council
Speaker
Dansa
Kourouma
(Male)
Year of birth
1980
Term
22.01.2022
Additional information
Appointed on 22 Jan. 2022.
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
Souleymane
Touré
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 4 April 2022.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
81
Note on the statutory number of members
Members are appointed by decree of the Transitional President.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
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.
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.
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.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
3
Youth
5
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Subject to rejection, the designation of members in each group must take into account diversity and have at least 30 per cent of women.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Article 60 of the Transitional Charter.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.