Samoa

Legislative Assembly

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
No information available
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
No information available
National currency
Samoan Tala (WST)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.700
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
No information available
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
No information available
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
No information available
State budget, per year
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Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
No information available

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
No
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
No information available

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Head of State/Government
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No information available
Length of term of the Secretary General
No information available
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
No information available

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No