Assembly of People's Representatives

مجلس نواب الشعب
Majlis Nuwwāb asch-Scha'b
People's Representative Assembly

Exterior view	inside view
Basic data
Seat:	Tunis
Legislative period :	5 years
First session:	December 2nd and 4th, 2014
MPs:	217
Current legislative period
Last choice:	October 6, 2019
Chair:	Rached al-Ghannouchi ( Ennahda ) (since November 13, 2019)
41 9 38 14th 15th 8th 54 17th 21st 41 9 38 14th 15th 8th 54 17th 21st
Distribution of seats:	Political groups and parties Ennahda 54 Ennahda 52 Jeunes indépendants 1 al Khayr 1 Bloc democrate 41 Courant démocrate 22 Mouvement du peuple 15 Parti de la voix des agriculteurs 1 Front popular 1 Union démocratique et sociale 1 Citoyenneté et développement 1 Au cœur de la Tunisie 38 Coalition de la dignité 21 Parti destourien libre 17 La réforme nationale 15 Machrouu Tounes 4 Nidaa Tounes 3 al Badil Ettounsi 3 Afek Tounes 2 Aïch Tounsi 1 Return aux origines 1 Siliana dans nos yeux 1 Tahya Tounes 14 al Moustakbal 9 Union populaire républicaine 3 Courant de l'amour 1 Parti socialiste destourien 1 Ligue verte 1 Fidélité 1 Excellence 1 Tous la Tunisie 1 Non-attached 8 Errahma 4 Espoir et travail 2 Nahnou Houna 1 Badhl Wa Ataa 1
Website
www.anc.tn

The People's Representative Assembly or Assembly of Representatives ( Arabic مجلس نواب الشعب Majlis Nuwwāb asch-Scha'b , French Assemblée des représentants du peuple - ARP ) has been the legislative body of Tunisia since 2014.

According to Article 50 of the Tunisian Constitution of 2014, this unicameral parliament represents the Tunisian people; through them it exercises its legislative power. According to the ideas of the constitutional fathers, a balance of power should be established between the president and the parliament, which is endowed with a strong position ( semi-presidential system of government ), in order to prevent autocratic rule.

The People's Representative Assembly consists of 217 members who were first elected in the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2014 . The outgoing President of the Constituent Assembly, Mustafa Ben Jaafar , convened the constituent meeting of the People's Representatives' Assembly for December 2nd in accordance with Article 57 of the Constitution. When it was constituted on December 2, 2014, it replaced the Constituent Assembly , which had also served as a general legislative body in the transition phase after the Tunisian Revolution . It was again preceded by the election to the Constituent Assembly in October 2011. Under the long-standing, autocratically ruling President Ben Ali , a two-tier parliament consisting of a Chamber of Deputies and a Chamber of Advisors was last , but was firmly in the hands of the President and his party, the Constitutional Democratic Collection (RCD).

In the first legislative period, the Presidium of the People's Representatives' Assembly was elected on December 4, 2014, after the MPs had not yet agreed on candidates at the first meeting on December 2. As Article 59 of the Constitution stipulates that the President should be elected at the first session, the first session had to be extended and adjourned until December 4th. President of the parliament was Mohamed Ennaceur from the strongest party Nidaa Tounes . He has two Vice Presidents, the Ennahda politician Abdelfattah Mourou and Faouzia Ben Fodha ( UPL ).

See also

• Political system of Tunisia
• List of political parties in Tunisia

Web links

• Web presence of the People's Representative Assembly
• ISIE Electoral Commission website (Arabic, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annette Steinich: Houcine Abassi - the father of dialogue. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (online), October 23, 2014.
2. ^ Constitution. French translation. In: Majles.Marsad.tn .
3. ^ Zaid al-Ali, Donia Ben Romdhane: Tunisia's New Constitution: Progress and Challenges to Come. In: OpenDemocracy.net , February 16, 2014.
4. ↑ Najma Kousri Labidi: Mustapha Ben Jaafar appelle les députés de la nouvelle assemblée à se réunir le 2 décembre. In: Huffington Post Maghreb , November 25, 2014.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Le premier Parlement tunisien post-révolutionnaire fait sa rentrée. ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: France 24 , December 2, 2014. 
6. ↑ Perrine Massy: Tunisie: Mohamed Ennaceur, 80 years, élu président de l'Assemblée des représentants du peuple. In: Webdo.tn , December 4, 2014.

Coordinates: 36 ° 48 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 6.9 ″  E