National Assembly (Cameroon)

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Assemblée nationale (Cameroun)
National Assembly (Cameroon)
Basic data
Seat: Yaoundé
Legislative period : 5 years (nominal)
MPs: 180
Current legislative period
Last choice: February 9, 2020
Website
www.assnat.cm

The National Assembly ( French Assemblée Nationale , English National Assembly ) is the parliament of Cameroon .

180 members of the National Assembly are elected for five years each.

history

Cameroon gained independence from France in the "African year" of 1960. Parliamentary elections were held in 1964, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2013 and 2020. The 1992 election is considered to be the first reasonably free parliamentary election in the history of Cameroon . Ahmadou Ahidjo was President of Cameroon from 1960 to 1982 and ruled as a dictator; his successor Paul Biya (* 1933) has ruled since 1982 until today (February 2020).

elections

Five years after the parliamentary elections on July 22, 2007, the next election was supposed to take place in July 2012, but did not take place until September 30, 2013. The Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais party received 148 out of 180 seats, the largest opposition party was the Front Social Démocrate . On February 9, 2020 , a general election was held again.

National Assembly of Cameroon after the 2013 elections
  •  Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC / CDPM) (148)
  •  Front Social Démocrate (FSD / SDF) (18)
  •  Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès (UNDP) (5)
  •  Union Démocratique du Cameroun (UDC) (4)
  •  Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC) (3)
  •  Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun (MRC) (1)
  •  Mouvement for the Defense of the Republic (MDR) (1)
    • Cameroon National Assembly, elections on September 30, 2013
    Political party Seats +/– (to be
    chosen beforehand)
    Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais 148 -5
    Front Social Democrate 18th +2
    Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès 5 -1
    Union Démocratique du Cameroun 4th 0
    Union des Populations du Cameroun 3 +3
    Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun 1 New
    Mouvement for the Defense of the Republic 1 +1
    22 other parties 0 -
    total 180 0
    voter turnout 76.79% -
    Source: ThinkAfrica Press ( Memento of April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), IPU

    Parliament building

    Palais de Verre , Yaoundé (2015)

    The National Assembly is located in the capital, Yaoundé , in the Palais de Verre of Ngoa-Ekelle. The parliament building burned down completely in mid-November 2017.

    Web links

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ a b CAMEROON (Assemblée nationale - National Assembly), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
    2. ↑ Cameroon . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
    3. ↑ Les députés retrouvent le palais de Verre de Ngoa-Ekelle . In: Camernews (camerountribune) . November 12, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
    4. ↑ Parliament building burned down . Deutschlandfunk, November 17, 2017, accessed on November 17, 2017.

    Coordinates: 3 ° 51 ′ 26.4 "  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 33.7"  E