Parliament of Morocco

Parliament of Morocco

*البرلمان المغربي*
*ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ*
*Parlement du Maroc*
Parliament of Morocco ; البرلمان المغربي; ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ; Parlement du Maroc
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Councillors; House of Representatives
History
Founded	August 2, 1956 (Non elected chambers in 1904, 1908, 1919, 1947, and 1951)
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors	Hakim Benchemmach, PAM ; since 13 October 2015
President of the House of Representatives	El Habib El Malki, USFP ; since 16 January 2017
Structure
Seats	595 members; 120 councilors; 395 representatives
House of Councillors political groups	Government coalition (40) PJD (12); MP (10); RNI (8); USFP (5); UC (3); PPS (2); Opposition (80) PI (24); PAM (23); MP (10); RNI (8); UMT (6); CDT (4); UNMT (4); UGTM (3); MDS (3); Democratic Al Ahd Party (1); PRD (1); FDT (1); ODT (1); SND (1); Independent (8);
House of Representatives political groups	Government coalition (240) PJD (125); RNI (37); MP (27); USFP (20); UC (19); PPS (12); Opposition (155) PAM (102); PI (46); MDS (3); FGD (2); PUD (1); PGVM (1);
Elections
House of Councillors voting system	Indirect election
House of Representatives voting system	Mixed member majoritarian (Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation)
House of Councillors last election	2 October 2015
House of Representatives last election	7 October 2016
House of Representatives next election	November 2021
Meeting place
	Rabat, Morocco
Website
	www.parlement.ma

The Parliament of Morocco (Arabic: البرلمان المغربي; Berber languages: ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ; French: Parlement du Maroc) is the bicameral legislature located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

Since 1996, the national legislature has become bicameral and has two parliamentary chambers:

The House of Representatives or the lower house. 395 members elected directly for a five-year term.
The House of Councillors's 120 members are elected for a six-year term by two sets of electoral colleges.

↑ (in French) L'assemblée Nationale Consultative Marocaine Archived 2020-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "14/10/2015: HM the King Congratulates Abdelhakim Benchamach On Election As Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
↑ "16/01/2017: Habib El Malki elected President of the House of Representatives, on Monday 16 January 2017". Chambredesrepresentants.ma. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Igrouane, Youssef (27 March 2017). "Morocco's New Government Coalition Includes 30 Ministers". Morocco World News. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[1] (in French) L'assemblée Nationale Consultative Marocaine Archived 2020-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "14/10/2015: HM the King Congratulates Abdelhakim Benchamach On Election As Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

[3] "16/01/2017: Habib El Malki elected President of the House of Representatives, on Monday 16 January 2017". Chambredesrepresentants.ma. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

[Morocco_World_News-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Igrouane, Youssef (27 March 2017). "Morocco's New Government Coalition Includes 30 Ministers". Morocco World News. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

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