Constituent Assembly of Tunisia

National Constituent Assembly المجلس الوطني التأسيسي el-Mejlis el-Waṭanī et-Te'sīsī
Type
Type	Unicameral parliament
History
Founded	22 November 2011 (2011-11-22)
Disbanded	26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)
Preceded by	Chamber of Deputies
Succeeded by	Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Leadership
Speaker	Mustapha Ben Jafar, Ettakatol since 22 November 2011
First Deputy Speaker	Meherzia Labidi Maïza, Ennahda since 22 November 2011
Second Deputy Speaker	Larbi Ben Salah Abid, CPR since 22 November 2011
Structure
Seats	217
Political groups	Ennahda (89)   non-inscrit (53)   Democratic Bloc (18)   Congress for the Republic (16)   Democratic Transition (13)   Ettakatol (13)   Democratic Alliance (12)   Wafa Movement (10)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation in multi-member constituency party-lists
Last election	23 October 2011
Meeting place
Bardo Palace[1]
Website
www.anc.tn

The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was the body in charge of devising a new Tunisian constitution for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD)–regime. Convoked after the election on 23 October 2011, the convention consisted of 217 lawmakers representing Tunisians living both in the country and abroad.^[2] A plurality of members came from the moderate Islamist Ennahda Movement. The Assembly held its first meeting on 22 November 2011, and was dissolved and replaced by the Assembly of the Representatives of the People on 26 October 2014.