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
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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.
Principal mode of designation of members
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.
170
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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.
28
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
16.47% 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.
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
6,735
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
33,675 See historical data for this field.

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

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
Breakdown of members by age and gender
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
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0%0%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger13.53%10%3.53%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger29.41%22.35%7.06%
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.