House of Councillors (Morocco)

House of Councillors
مجلس النواب
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Type
Type
Term limits
 6 years
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors
Hakim Benchamach, PAM
Since 13 October 2015[1]
Structure
Seats 120
Current Structure of the House of Representatives
Political groups
  •      PI (24)
  •      PAM (23)
  •      PJD (12)
  •      MP (10)
  •      RNI (8)
  •      UMT (6)
  •      USFP (5)
  •      CDT (4)
  •      UNMT (4)
  •      UGTM (3)
  •      UC (3)
  •      MDS (3)
  •      PPS (2)
  •      Democratic Al Ahd Party (1)
  •      PRD (1)
  •      FDT (1)
  •      ODT (1)
  •      SND (1)
  •      Independent (8)
Elections
Indirect election
Last election
 2 October 2015
Meeting place
Rabat, Morocco
Website
www.chambredesrepresentants.ma/en
Morocco
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The House of Councillors (Berber: Agraw en imessemtiren, Arabic: مجلس المستشارين) is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 120 members, elected for a six-year term. 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, who represent the subnational administrative areas (collectivitiés territoriales); 20 members are elected in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to the following professional associations: the agriculture associations, the commerce, industry and services associations, the arts and crafts associations and the marine fisheries associations; 8 members are elected in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations; 20 members elected nationally by an electoral college made up of employees.[2]

The 2011 Constitution of Morocco retained this second chamber, but reduced its term of office from 9 to 6 years and its size to 120 seats.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "14/10/2015: HM the King Congratulates Abdelhakim Benchamach On Election As Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  2. 1 2 "Majlis al-Mustacharin (House of Councillors)". IPU.

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