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Council of the Nation

مجلس الأمة
Council of the Nation ; مجلس الأمة;
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Algeria
History
Founded	1997
Leadership
President	Salah Goudjil ; since 9 April 2019
Vice president	Djamel Ould Abbes, FLN ; since 28 February 2019
Structure
Seats	144 members
Political groups	Government (139) FLN (62); RND (27); FM (1); Appointed Members (44); Opposition (4) FFS (4); Others (1) Ind. (1);
Elections
Voting system	Two-round indirect election (2/3); Appointed by the president of Algeria (1/3)
Last election	5 February 2022
Meeting place
	Palace of the Council of the Nation, Algiers
Website
	www.majliselouma.dz

The Council of the Nation (Arabic: مجلس الأمة, romanized: Majlis al-Ummah) 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 of Algeria.^[2]

Abdelkader 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.

They were last elected on 5 February 2022.^[3]

Composition

The Council has 144 members:

96 indirectly elected in secret ballot (2/3)
44 appointed by the President of the Republic (1/3)

Elections

There are 58 dual-member constituencies (two seats) corresponding to the number of wilayas (departments) of the country.

The election shall be by majority vote in two rounds by and from an electoral college composed of elected popular wilaya assemblies and communal people's assemblies (approx. 15,000 members).

Eligibility:

be at least 40 years old.

The term of office is six years. The Chamber is renewed by half every three years.

Board member commits himself before his peers who can revoke his mandate by a majority of its members, if it commits a shameful action for his mission.