National Assembly (Mauritania)

National Assembly

Arabic: الجمعية الوطنية

French: *Assemblée nationale*
Arabic:	الجمعية الوطنية
French:	Assemblée nationale
10th National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Parliament of Mauritania
History
Founded	May 1959
Preceded by	Territorial Assembly
Leadership
President	Mohamed Ould Meguett, El Insaf ; since 19 June 2023
Vice-Presidents	Moussa Demba Sow, El Insaf ; since 21 June 2023
	Ahmedou Ould M'Balla, Tewassoul ; since 21 June 2023
	Ousmane Racine Sanghott, UDP ; since 21 June 2023
	Fatimetou Mint Habib, El Insaf ; since 21 June 2023
	Isselmou Ould Khatry, El Insaf ; since 21 June 2023
Structure
Seats	176
	7 10 11 10 110 17 11 7 4 1 4 6 5 10 6 107 3 3 1 5 1 2 11
Political groups	Government (117) El Insaf (107) El Insaf (107); UDP (10) UDP (10); Confidence and supply (31) Trust (17) El Islah (6) ; El Karama (5) ; HATEM (3) ; El Vadila (2) ; Independent (1); Justice (11) AND (6) ; Nida El Watan (5); El Insaf (3) HIWAR (3); Opposition (28) Tewassoul (11) Tewassoul (11) ; Non-attached (10) Sawab–RAG (5) ; AJD/MR+ (4) ; State of Justice (1); FRUD (7) Hope Mauritania (7);
Committees	Five Islamic Orientation, Human Resources and Socio-Cultural Affairs ; Finances ; Economic Affairs ; Justice, Defense and Interior ; Foreign Relations;
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting
First election	17 May 1959
Last election	13 and 27 May 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
	New National Assembly building, Nouakchott
Website
	www.parlement.mr
Rules
	Rules of the National Assembly (French)
Footnotes
	Footnotes ^ RAG (4); Sawab (1); ; ^ Independent (1); ;

The National Assembly (Arabic: الجمعية الوطنية, romanized: al-Jamʻīyah al-Waṭanīyah; Pulaar: 𞤀𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤦𞤫𞤤𞤫 𞤲𞤺𞤫𞤲𞤲𞤣𞤭, romanized: Asaambele ngenndi; Wolof: Ëttu Ndawi réew; French: Assemblée Nationale) is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 176 deputies, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide proportional lists.

From 1961 until 1978, the only legal party in the country was the Mauritanian People's Party (French: Parti du Peuple Mauritanien, PPM). The legislature was disbanded after the 10 July 1978 coup. In 1992, a bicameral legislature was established, consisting the National Assembly and Senate of Mauritania. In the 1990s, a multiparty system was introduced in Mauritania. However, the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) dominated the parliament until a coup in 2005. After the 2008 military coup, the Union for the Republic has been the dominating force of the National Assembly until it was rebranded as the Equity Party (El Insaf) in 2022.

On 19 June 2023 Mohamed Ould Meguett was elected President of the National Assembly.

[1] 
RAG (4)

Sawab (1)

[2] RAG (4)

[3] Sawab (1)

[2] 
Independent (1)

[5] Independent (1)

[a]

[b]