Guinea
-National Assembly
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 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.
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.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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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.
Men
Not available
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Women
Not available
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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)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
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.
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
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.