Council of the Nation

Council of the Nation

  • مجلس الأمة
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Type
Type
History
Founded1997
Leadership
Salah Goudjil
since 9 April 2019
Vice president
Djamel Ould Abbes, FLN
since 28 February 2019
Structure
Seats144 members [1]
Political groups
Government (139)
  •   FLN (62)
  •   RND (27)
  •   FM (1)
  •   Appointed Members (44)

Opposition (4)

Others (1)

Elections
Two-round indirect election (2/3)
Appointed by the president of Algeria (1/3)
Last election
5 February 2022
Meeting place
Palace of the Council of the Nation, Algiers
Website
www.majliselouma.dz

The Council of the Nation (Arabic: مجلس الأمة, romanizedMajlis al-Ummah) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president of Algeria.[2]

Abdelkader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as Vice President of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008.

They were last elected on 5 February 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "قائمة الأعضاء حسب الإنتماء السياسي".
  2. ^ "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. ^ "Algérie: les élections sénatoriales convoquées pour le 5 février 2022". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

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