National Assembly (Tanzania)

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National Assembly (Tanzania)
Basic data
Seat: Capital Dodoma
Legislative period : 5 years
MPs: 393 (of which 264 elected by majority vote, 113 elected by proportional representation, 10 appointed by the President, 5 Zanzibarian and 1 ex officio attorney general )
Current legislative period
Last choice: October 25, 2015
Chair: Anne Makinda
Website
www.parliament.go.tz

The National Assembly ( Swahili Bunge ) is the Parliament in unicameral in Tanzania .

composition

Since 2015, the parliament has consisted of 393 members, of which 264 are elected by majority vote. 113 seats are given to women through proportional representation, and 10 MPs are appointed by the President. 5 MPs are sent by the parliament of the semi-autonomous state of Zanzibar .

According to constitutional article 65, the parliament of Tanzania is elected every five years, for example in the parliamentary elections in November 2010 and October 2015 .

Parliamentary seats (2016):
  • CCM : 287 seats
  • Ex officio : AG 1 seat
  • NCCR-M : 1 seat
  • CUF : 39 seats
  • CHADEMA : 62 seats
  • AC-T : 1 seat
  • A member of Parliament, Hamisi Kigwangalla, 2013

    Parliament seat

    The seat of the National Assembly has been in the capital Dodoma since 1996, the seat of government in Dar es Salaam . In 2008 a new building was built for the parliament.

    Others

    In June 2019, the seat of opposition leader Tundu Lissu (CHADEMA) was declared vacant by the government. He was shot in 2017 and has had medical treatment since then.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. a b c UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (Bunge), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
    2. ^ Administration of the Parliament of Tanzania . Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 17, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parliament.go.tz
    3. ^ Structure of the Parliament of Tanzania (Article 66 of the Constitution) . In: parliament.go.tz . Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
    4. ^ Constitution of Tanzania . In: Judiciary.go.tz . Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
    5. United Republic of Tanzania: The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 (as last amended by Act No. 1 of 2005) . In: Wipo.int . Retrieved April 17, 2015.
    6. Tanzania . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved January 12, 2017.
    7. K&M Archplans website ( Memento from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
    8. The Architect Magazine Issue 1 2013, page 29
    9. Tanzania: opposition leader Tundu Lissu stripped of parliamentary post. Africanews.com of June 29, 2019 (English), accessed on June 29, 2019

    Coordinates: 6 ° 10 ′ 49.9 "  S , 35 ° 45 ′ 23.3"  O