Chamber of Deputies (Equatorial Guinea)
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Chamber of Deputies Cámara de los Diputados Chambre des députés Câmara dos Deputados | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Leadership | |
President | Gaudencio Mohaba Mesu since 12 July 2013 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 100 members |
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Political groups | Government (99)
Opposition (1) |
| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation | |
Last election | 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
| Malabo | |
| Website | |
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The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de los Diputados; French: Chambre des députés; Portuguese: Câmara dos Deputados) is the lower house of the Parliament of Equatorial Guinea.
Although vested with considerable powers under the country's constitution, the Chamber has been dominated by the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea since its establishment, and there is virtually no opposition to executive decisions. Indeed, there have never been more than eight opposition legislators in the body.
Prior to 2013, the Chamber was a unicameral legislature and was named the Chamber of People's Representatives.
Electoral system[]
The 100 members of the Chamber are elected by closed-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies.[1] Members serve five-year terms.
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies[]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | June 1965 | Of General Assembly | |
| June 1965 | 1968 | Of General Assembly | |
| 16 October 1968 | 5 March 1969 | Of National Assembly[2] | |
| ? | 1969 | August 1979 | Of National Assembly |
| Legislature dissolved | August 1979 | 1983 | |
| 1983 | November 1993 | [3] | |
| 21 November 1993 | November 1994 | [4][5] | |
| November 1994 | 1999 | [6][7] | |
| 1999 | 18 June 2008 | ||
| Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan | 18 June 2008 | 12 July 2013 | [8] |
| Gaudencio Mohaba Mesu | 12 July 2013 | Incumbent | [9] |
Last elections[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea | 99 | 0 | ||
| Convergence for Social Democracy | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 100 | 0 | ||
| Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea | ||||
See also[]
- List of legislatures by country
- Legislative branch
References[]
- ^ Electoral System IPU
- ^ http://www.bioko.net/guineaespanola/1968/19681011_01.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Francisco Bodien Ngalo, ex presidente del Parlamento de Guinea Ecuatorial". El País (in Spanish). 31 August 1995.
- ^ https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/3ae6a9b50.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ Boneke, Juan Balboa; Esono, Fermín Nguema (1 January 1998). La transición de Guinea Ecuatorial: historia de un fracaso. Labrys 54 Ediciones. ISBN 9788488070098 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Parlements" (in French). Inter-parliamentary Union. 1994.
- ^ Parlements (in French). Inter-parliamentary Union. 1999. ISBN 9789291420544.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Cámara de los Representantes del Pueblo) ELECTIONS IN 2008". archive.ipu.org.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Cámara de los Diputados), General information". archive.ipu.org.
- Government of Equatorial Guinea
- Politics of Equatorial Guinea
- National lower houses
- 1968 establishments in Equatorial Guinea