National Assembly (Cameroon)

The National Assembly (French: Assemblée Nationale) is the lower house of the Parliament of Cameroon. It has 180 members, elected for five-year terms in 49 single and multi-seat constituencies.[3] Together with the senate, it makes up the legislative branch of government. [4]

National Assembly

Assemblée nationale
Type
Type
History
Founded10 April 1960[1]
Leadership
President
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril
since 1992
Structure
Seats180 members
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Political groups
  •      CPDM (Template:CmrNA)
  •      UNDP (Template:CmrNA)
  •      SDF (Template:CmrNA)
  •      CPNR (Template:CmrNA)
  •      UDC (Template:CmrNA)
  •      FNSC (Template:CmrNA)
  •      MDR (Template:CmrNA)
  •      USM (Template:CmrNA)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Last election
9 September 2020[2]
Meeting place
Yaoundé
Website
http://www.assnat.cm

References
  1. "Parliamentary history".
  2. "Biya's party maintains grip on parliament as Cameroon election results announced". RFI. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. "Cameroon". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  4. "The Parliament".
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