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Libya

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House of Representatives

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Transitional system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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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.

Chamber name
Majlis Al-Nuwaab (House of Representatives)

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1958 to 1969
from 1989
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
Arab group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Aguila Salah Issa (Male)
Year of birth
1944
Term
04.08.2014
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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.
Director of the Secretariat
Secretary General
Abdullah Al-Masray (Male)

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
200
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
200
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
188
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
30
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
15.96% See historical data for this field.
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.
200
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
6,235
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
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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.

 

Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
30
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Youngest member
MUSAB M.A. ABOUALQASIM (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
75
Oldest member
AGILA SALEH ESSA (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.
Yes
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Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
32
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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