Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Consultative Assembly مجلس الشورى السعودي Majlis ash-Shūra as-Saʿūdiyy
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh since 15 February 2009
Seats	150
Meeting place
Al Yamamah Palace, Riyadh
Website
Official English Site

The Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: مجلس الشورى السعودي, romanized: Maǧlis aš-Šūrā s-Saʿūdiyy), also known as Majlis ash-Shura or Shura Council, is the formal advisory body of Saudi Arabia. It is a deliberative assembly that advises the King on issues that are important to Saudi Arabia. It has the power to propose laws to the King of Saudi Arabia and his cabinet to prove it and pass it. It has 150 members, all appointed by the king and chosen "from amongst scholars, those of knowledge, expertise and specialists".^[1] Since 2013, the Assembly has included 30 female members out of the total of 150 members, after a 20 percent minimum quota for women was imposed.^[2][3][4] The Consultative Assembly is headed by a Speaker. As of 2016^[update], the Speaker was Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh, in line with a tradition that kept the post in that family.^{[citation needed]} The Assembly is based in al-Yamamah Palace, Riyadh.