Saudi Arabia
Shura Council
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
Majlis Ash-Shura (Shura Council)
Chamber name
Majlis Ash-Shura (Shura Council)
Parliamentary term (years)
4
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 2003
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.
Arab group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the Shura Council
Speaker
Abdullah
Al Sheikh
(Male)
Year of birth
1948
Term
28.02.2009
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
Mohammed
Almutairi
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 26 February 2018.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Appointed
Compare data of this field.
Appointed members
Appointed, for example, by the Head of State.
151
Note on the statutory number of members
150 members and the Speaker, appointed by the King.
See historical data for this field.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
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 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.
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 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 60 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 21 | Total >= 46: 130 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Members for whom data is available
151
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
30
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
A January 2011 Royal Order amended the composition of the previously all-male 150-member Consultative Council by reserving 20% of its seats for women members.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Royal Order
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.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.