Parliament of Morocco

Bicameral legislature of Morocco

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.

Parliament of Morocco

البرلمان المغربي
ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ
Parlement du Maroc
Type
Type
HousesHouse of Councillors
House of Representatives
History
FoundedAugust 2, 1956 (1956-08-02) (Non elected chambers in 1904, 1908, 1919, 1947, and 1951)[1]
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors
Hakim Benchemmach, PAM
since 13 October 2015[2]
President of the House of Representatives
El Habib El Malki, USFP
since 16 January 2017[3]
Structure
Seats595 members
120 councilors
395 representatives
House of Councillors political groups
Government coalition[4] (40)
  •   PJD (12)
  •   MP (10)
  •   RNI (8)
  •   USFP (5)
  •   UC (3)
  •   PPS (2)

Opposition (80)

Current Structure of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives political groups
Government coalition[4] (240)

Opposition (155)

Elections
Indirect election
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
7 October 2016
November 2021
Meeting place
Rabat, Morocco
Website
www.parlement.ma

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

References

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  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.
  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.