National Assembly (Mauritania)

National Assembly الجمعية الوطنية Assemblée Nationale
10th National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Parliament of Mauritania
History
Founded	May 1959 (1959-05)
Preceded by	Territorial Assembly
Leadership
President	Mohamed Ould Meguett, El Insaf since 19 June 2023
Structure
Seats	176
Structure by groups Structure by parties
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+ (5)[a]   AJD/MR+ (4)   State of Justice (1)[b]   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)

Politics of Mauritania
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution Human rights Slavery
Government President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal
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The National Assembly (Arabic: الجمعية الوطنية, romanized: al-Jamʻīyah al-Waṭanīyah; French: Assemblée Nationale) is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 176 members, 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.