National Council (Namibia)
Basic data | |
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Seat: | National Council Building in Windhoek |
Legislative period : | 5 years |
First session: | February 23, 1993 |
MPs: | 42 |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | 2015 |
Chair: | Bernard Sibalatani (since December 9, 2019) |
Distribution of seats: | A total of 42 seats |
Website | |
www.parliament.na |
The National Council ( English National Council ) is the upper house of the bicameral parliament of Namibia . The National Assembly forms the lower house of the country. The National Council has met since 1996 in the National Council Building north of the Ink Palace , the seat of the National Assembly.
According to the Namibian constitution of March 1990, the National Council has a politically advisory role. It consists of 42 members , three each from the country's 14 regional councils (since August 9, 2013) (up to December 2015: 26 from 13 regions).
Bernard Sibalatani has been President of the National Council since December 9, 2019 .
Distribution of seats in the National Council
Each of the 14 regions (up to 2013: 13) has sent three members to the National Council since 2015 (previously 2).
Political party | 2015-2020 * | 2010-2015 | 2004-2010 | 1998-2004 | 1992-1998 |
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SWAPO | 40 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19th |
PDM (formerly DTA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6th |
NUDO | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
UDF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
total | 42 | 26th | 26th | 26th | 26th |
* SWAPO has voluntarily given up two seats and given them to opposition parties.
See also
Web links
- Official site of the National Council (English)