National Assembly (Tanzania)

National Assembly Bunge la Tanzania (Swahili)
12th Parliament
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1 January 1962
New session started	November 2020 (2020-11)
Leadership
Speaker	Tulia Ackson, CCM
Structure
Seats	393
Political groups	Government (365)   CCM (365) Opposition (27)   CHADEMA (20)   ACT (4)   CUF (3) Other (1)   Attorney General (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 264 elected from Single-Member districts by First-past-the-post 113 elected from women-only lists by Party-list proportional representation[1] 5 elected indirectly by the Zanzibar House of Representatives Attorney General 10 appointed by the President of Tanzania
Last election	28 October 2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Parliament House Dodoma, Tanzania
Website
Parliament website

Politics of Tanzania
Constitution Human rights
Government President (list) Samia Suluhu Hassan Vice-President Philip Mpango Prime Minister (list) Kassim Majaliwa
Legislature Speaker Job Ndugai
Judiciary Chief Justice of Tanzania Ibrahim Hamis Juma Court of Appeal High Court
Elections Recent elections General: 2015 2020 2025 Political parties
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Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Stergomena Tax Diplomatic missions of / in Tanzania Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi Vice Presidents First: Othman Masoud Sharif Second: Hemed Suleiman Abdalla Revolutionary Government Revolutionary Council House of Representatives
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The National Assembly of Tanzania (Swahili: Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of Tanzania of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania.^[2] The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson, who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.^[3]