Andorra

General Council

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary 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.

Parliament name
Consell general (General Council)
Chamber name
Consell general (General Council)
Parliamentary term (years)
4

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1995
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.
Twelve Plus Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker (Syndica General) of the General Council
Speaker
Carles Enseñat (Male)
Year of birth
1985
Term
26.04.2023
Additional information
Elected on 26 Apr. 2023.
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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.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Josep Hinojosa Besolí (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
1 Feb. 2012 -

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
28
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
28
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
28
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
14
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
14
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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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.
28
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
79
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
2,821 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.

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
25
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Youngest member
Roger Padreny (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
64
Oldest member
Jordi Font-Mariné (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 1 9 3 7 6 2 0 0 0
Total <= 45: 13 Total >= 46: 15
Male 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 15
Female 0 0 4 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 13
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger3.57%3.57%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger35.71%21.43%14.29%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger46.43%28.57%17.86%
Members for whom data is available
28

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.
No
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Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Article 16 of Law 44/2022 stipulates: The proportion of men and women candidates running in parliamentary and local elections must be balanced, so that each gender makes up at least 40% of candidates across any list as a whole. Where there are fewer than five seats at stake, the aim should be for the proportion of men and women candidates to be as numerically balanced as possible. The rules set out above are to be applied to lists of alternate candidates.
Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Law 44/2022 (12 December 2022): qualified consolidated text on the electoral system and referendums
https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/035004/Pagines/CGL20230109_12_40_16.aspx
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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