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People’s Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic مجلس الشعب الجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 250 |
Political groups |
Government (250)
National Progressive Front (183) |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Last election | 19 July 2020 |
Next election | 2024 (expected) |
Meeting place | |
Parliament Building, Damascus, Syria | |
Website | |
http://parliament.gov.sy/ |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The People's Assembly ( Arabic: مَجْلِس الشَّعْب, ALA-LC: Majlis al-Shaʻb) is Syria's legislative authority. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies. There are two main political fronts; the National Progressive Front and Popular Front for Change and Liberation. The 2012 elections, held on 7 May, resulted in a new parliament that, for the first time in four decades, was nominally based on a multi-party system. [1] In 1938, Fares Al-Khoury became the first Christian to be elected Speaker. In 2016 Hadiya Khalaf Abbas, Ph.D., representing Deir Ezzor since 2003, became the first woman elected to be the Speaker. [2] [3] [4] In 2017, Hammouda Sabbagh became the first Syriac Orthodox Christian to have held the post. [5]
The assembly meets at least three times a year and in special occasions called by the council's president or the president of the country. [6] Until 2012, the council primarily served as an institution to validate Syria's one-party system and the confirm the legislative proceedings of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath party. [7]
The last elections were held on the 19 July 2020. [8] Several lists were allowed to run across the country. Millions of Syrians living abroad, after fleeing a war that has killed more than 380,000 people, are not eligible to vote. [8]
The National Progressive Front won 183 out of 250 seats, 167 of which were for the Baʻth Party, while 67 Independents held the rest of the seats.
Parties | Seats | Seats Inside | ||
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National Progressive Front (al-Jabha al-Waṭanīyah al-Taqaddumīyah) | 183 | 183 | ||
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167 | |||
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2 | |||
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2 | |||
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1 | |||
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1 | |||
Popular Front for Change and Liberation | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | ||||
Non-partisans (Independent) | 67 | |||
Total | 250 | |||
Source: Election results |
The name of the legislature in Syria has changed, as follows, as has the composition and functions:
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