National Constituent Assembly المجلس الوطني التأسيسي el-Mejlis el-Waṭanī et-Te'sīsī | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 22 November 2011 |
Disbanded | 26 October 2014 |
Preceded by | Chamber of Deputies |
Succeeded by | Assembly of the Representatives of the People |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
First Deputy Speaker | |
Second Deputy Speaker | |
Structure | |
Seats | 217 |
Political groups | Ennahda (89)
non-inscrit (53)
Democratic Bloc (18)
Democratic Transition (13)
Ettakatol (13)
Democratic Alliance (12)
Wafa Movement (10) |
Elections | |
Proportional representation in multi-member constituency party-lists | |
Last election | 23 October 2011 |
Meeting place | |
Bardo Palace[1] | |
Website | |
www |
The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was the body in charge of devising a new Tunisian constitution for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD)–regime. Convoked after the election on 23 October 2011, the convention consisted of 217 lawmakers representing Tunisians living both in the country and abroad.[2] A plurality of members came from the moderate Islamist Ennahda Movement. The Assembly held its first meeting on 22 November 2011, and was dissolved and replaced by the Assembly of the Representatives of the People on 26 October 2014.