Iraq
Council of Representatives of Iraq
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Mohammad
El-Halbosi
(Male)
Year of birth
1981
Additional information
From 15 Sep. 2018 to 10 Oct. 2021, re-elected on 9 Jan. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Serwan
Abdullah Esmail
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 26 June 2019.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
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.
Age
Average age of all members
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Amina Saeed Sido (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
74
Oldest member
Hasan Noori Al-alawi (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
82
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
A quota of at least 25% of the total number of the Council's 328 seats.
Elections > Election results
Results
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
0
Women Indirectly Elected
0
Women Appointed
0
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1932
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1980
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women Parliamentary Caucus
(January 2010)
Formal or informal
Formal