The National Assembly ( ar, المجلس الوطني السوداني, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy'') is the lower house of the

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Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. The Legislature was unicameral until 2005. The upper house is the Council of States (''Majlis Welayat''). The National Assembly was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following a

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which overthrew Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and Assembly's ruling National Congress Party. As part of the

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, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.

Speakers

Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi was the speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post in December 1999, and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir.

2015-2019 session

The most recent session was elected in 2015.

2010-2015 session

was previously in a transitional period following the signing of a

Comprehensive Peace Agreement The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA, ar, اتفاقية السلام الشامل, Ittifāqiyyah al-salām al-šāmil), also known as the Naivasha Agreement, was an accord signed on January 9, 2005, by the Sudan People's Liberation Movem ...

(CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the

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between the Sudanese Government (based in

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

) and the southern-based

Sudan People's Liberation Movement The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM; ar, الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان, ''Al-Ḥarakat ash-Shaʿbiyyat liTaḥrīr as-Sūdān'') is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as the political w ...

(SPLM) rebel group. The National Assembly consisted of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution called for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula:

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Party (52%) * 49% to northerners Other Arab political parties (14%) * Umma Party (''Hizb al-Umma'') *

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* Sudanese Communist Party *

Sudanese Ba'ath Party Sudanese Ba'ath Party ( ar, حزب البعث السوداني, ''Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-Sūdānī'') is a political party in Sudan. It is said to be neutral to the Syria-Iraq split within Ba'athist politics. History The party emerged from a split ...

(28%) * 28% to southerners Other Black political parties (6%) *

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* Union of Sudan African Parties 1 * Union of Sudan African Parties 2 * United Democratic Front * South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan *

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Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election and the independence of

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Parliament building

The seat of the National Assembly is

Omdurman Omdurman (standard ar, أم درمان ''Umm Durmān'') is a city in Sudan. It is the most populated city in the country, and thus also in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the ...

, immediately north-west of the country's capital

. The building was designed in the style of

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by the Romanian architect

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and completed in 1978. It is located on the banks of the

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at the confluence with the

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near the old Omdurman bridge.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Politics of Sudan

National Legislature (Sudan) 1948 establishments in Sudan Brutalist architecture in Africa