Type Unicameral Last election 22 February 2013 | Seats 65 | |
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President of the Assembly Mohamed Ali Houmed, UMP Political groups Union for the Presidential Majority (43)
RPP
FRUD
PND
PSD
UPR
Union for National Salvation (21)
ARD
UDJ
MRD
PND
PDD
MoDel
Unaligned
CDU (1) | ||
The National Assembly, formerly known as the Chamber of Deputies, is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Djibouti.
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Overview
It consists of 65 members – 30 Somali (21 Issa) and 30 Afar – elected to serve five-year terms in multi-seat (4 to 37 each) constituencies. The first free multi-party parliamentary election since independence (1977) was held in 2003, with the ruling coalition, led by the People's Rally for Progress (RPP), receiving 62.7% of the vote.
Idriss Arnaoud Ali was President of the National Assembly from 2003 until his death in 2015. He was succeeded by Mohamed Ali Houmed.
Presidents
Ahmed Dini Ahmed, 13 May 1977 – 13 July 1977 Saad Warsama Dirie, 1977 – 1979 Abdoulkader Waberi Askar, 1979 – 1993 Said Ibrahim Badoul, 1993 – 2003 Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 21 January 2003 – 12 February 2015 Mohamed Ali Houmed, 1 March 2015 – presentReferences
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