Parliament of Ivory Coast
National legislature of Ivory Coast
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Type | Bicameral |
Houses | Senate National Assembly |
Leadership | |
Chairperson of the Senate | Moustapha Kouadio |
Speaker of the Assembly | Serge Diomandé |
Leader of the Minorities | Hervé N'Guessan |
Structure | |
Seats | 255 (National Assembly) 99 (Senate) |
Elections | |
National Assembly voting system | First-past-the-post |
Senate voting system | Indirect election |
Last National Assembly election | 6 March 2021 |
Last Senate election | House established |
Meeting place | |
Abidjan (National Assembly) Yamoussoukro (Senate) |
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The Parliament of Ivory Coast is the legislature of Ivory Coast. From 1960 to 2016, it was a unicameral body. It became a bicameral body after a new constitution was approved by referendum on October 30, 2016. The parliament consists of two chambers:[1]
- The Senate (upper chamber)
- The National Assembly (lower chamber)
See also
References
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire voters support new constitution in landslide amid low turnout".
- "Innovations of the Draft Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire: Towards hyper-presidentialism?".
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