Council of the Nation
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| Council of the Nation Conseil de la nation |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Umma) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president.[1]
Abdelkhader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as Vice-president of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008.
References
See also
- List of Presidents of the Council of the Nation (Algeria)
- Politics of Algeria
- Parliament of Algeria
- People's National Assembly
- List of legislatures by country
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