National Assembly (Guyana)
logo | Parliament building |
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Basic data | |
Seat: | Georgetown , Guyana |
Legislative period : | 5 years |
First session: | May 26, 1966 |
MPs: | 69 (including 65 chosen) |
Current legislative period | |
Last choice: | Elections on May 11, 2015 |
Chair: | Barton Scotland |
Website | |
www.parliament.gov.gy |
The National Assembly of Guyana is the parliament in Guyana .
composition
The National Assembly consists of 65 members. 53 of them are elected by proportional representation for a five-year term. Another 12 MPs are delegated by the local community assemblies.
In the 2011 election to the National Assembly of Guyana , the PPP won 32 out of 65 seats.
In the early elections to the National Assembly on May 11, 2015 , the ruling party PPP lost to the opposition alliance A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance for Change (AFC) led by David Arthur Granger . The government alliance APNU and AFC now has 33 seats in parliament and the opposition party PPP 32 seats.
Barton Scotland has been President of Parliament since June 10, 2015 .
Parliament building
Parliament has its seat in Georgetown , the capital of Guyana . The foundation stone for the building was laid on March 27, 1829, and upon completion in April 1834, it was used by the Court of Policy . The original name of the building is “Guiana Public Buildings”. When British Guiana became a crown colony in 1928 , a Legislative Council replaced the Court of Policy and took over the building. With independence in May 1966, the Legislative Council was replaced by the Parliament of Guyana.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b GUYANA (Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ^ History of Parliament . In: parliament.gov.gy Parliament of Guyana . Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ StarNieuws of October 17, 2015 Dutch, accessed on October 18, 2015, Parliamentary delegation from Guyana with its chairman Barton Scotland visiting the National Assembly of Suriname, chaired by Jennifer Simons
- ^ Guyana - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ HISTORICAL INFORMATION EVENTS & DATES ON THE PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA from 1718 to 2006 Frank A. Narain, January 2007
Coordinates: 6 ° 48 ′ 31.1 " N , 58 ° 10 ′ 0.4" W.