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Guinea
-National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Claude
Kory Kondiano
(Male)
Year of birth
1942
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
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
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
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).
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
1,789
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
89
Number of women elected
25
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.
21.93%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
25
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.
89
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.
25
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.
Claude Kory
Kondiano
(Male)
Political party
Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) Rainbow
Date of election
13.01.2014
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1958
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1958
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 French administration, Guinea was a territories d'outre-mer. As such, universal suffrage was granted in 1956 by the framework law (Loi-cadre Deferre). 1958 corresponds to the date of 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
1958
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
1963