Libya
House of Representatives
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)
Parliament is in transitional status
Parliament is in a transitional status, pending the establishment of a new full-fledged parliament.
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
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.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Compare data of this field.
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.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
142
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.
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.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
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)
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 56 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 50 | Total >= 46: 120 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 47 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Members for whom data is available
170
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.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
32
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.