Guinea-Bissau
People's National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Cipriano
Cassamá
(Male)
Year of birth
1959
Additional information
Elected on 17 June 2014, re-elected on 18 April 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
José
Carlos Rodrigues da Fonseca
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 4 Aug. 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
Youngest member
Bacai Sanhá Júnior (Male)
Oldest member
Embunhe Encada (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1974
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1974
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 women were granted the right to vote in the areas controlled by the liberation movement PAIGC. This right was confirmed at 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
1977
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
1972