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People’s Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic مجلس الشعب الجمهورية العربية السورية | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | 250 |
Political groups | Government (250)
National Progressive Front (185) Independents (65) |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Last election | 15 July 2024 |
Next election | 31 July 2028 |
Meeting place | |
Parliament Building, Damascus, Syria | |
Website | |
http://parliament.gov.sy/ |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The People's Assembly (Arabic: مَجْلِس الشَّعْب, ALA-LC: Majlis al-Shaʻb) is Syria's legislative authority. It has 250 members elected for a four-year term in 15 multi-seat constituencies. There are two main political fronts; the National Progressive Front and Popular Front for Change and Liberation. The 2012 elections, held on 7 May, resulted in a new parliament that, for the first time in four decades, was nominally based on a multi-party system.[1] In 1938, Fares Al-Khoury became the first Christian to be elected Speaker. In 2016 Hadiya Khalaf Abbas, Ph.D., representing Deir Ezzor since 2003, became the first woman elected to be the Speaker.[2][3][4] In 2017, Hammouda Sabbagh became the first Syriac Orthodox Christian to have held the post.[5]
The assembly meets at least three times a year and in special occasions called by the council's president or the president of the country.[6] Until 2012, the council primarily served as an institution to validate Syria's one-party system and the confirm the legislative proceedings of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath party.[7]
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