Algeria

National People's Assembly Council of the Nation

Council of the Nation

Political system: Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1962
Year of first woman in parliament: 1962
Year of first woman speaker: Not applicable

Notes: No woman has occupied the function of Speaker in the country.

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1944
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Restricted
Detail of restrictions: No Muslim women

Women’s right to vote: 1958
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Restricted

Women’s right to vote: 1962
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: Prior to independence, under French administration, women who were christian and french citizens living in Algeria were granted the right to vote in 1944. The french framework law (Loi-Cadre Deferre) of 1956 extended the right to vote to Muslim women; it was imposed by de Gaulle through ordonnance in july 1958. This right was confirmed at independence.

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1944
Restricted or universal: Restricted
Detail of restrictions: No Muslim women

Women's right to stand for election: 1962
Restricted or universal: No information available

Notes: Prior to independence, under French administration, women who were christian and french citizens living in Algeria were granted the right to vote and stand for election in 1944. The french framework law (Loi-Cadre Deferre) of 1956 extended the right to vote to Muslim women; it was imposed by de Gaulle through ordonnance in july 1958. These rights were confirmed at independence.