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    Parliament of Ivory Coast

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    Parliament

    Parlement
    Type
    Type
    Bicameral
    HousesSenate
    National Assembly
    Leadership
    Chairperson of the Senate
    Moustapha Kouadio
    Speaker of the Assembly
    Serge Diomandé
    Leader of the Minorities
    Hervé N'Guessan
    Structure
    Seats255 (National Assembly)
    99 (Senate)
    Elections
    National Assembly voting system
    		First-past-the-post
    Senate voting system
    		Indirect election
    Last National Assembly election
    		6 March 2021
    Last Senate election
    		16 September 2023
    Meeting place
    Abidjan (National Assembly)
    Yamoussoukro (Senate)
    Politics of Ivory Coast
    Constitution
    • Human rights
    Government
    • President
      Alassane Ouattara
    • Vice President
      Tiémoko Meyliet Koné
    • Prime Minister
      Robert Beugré Mambé
    • Current government
    Parliament
    • National Assembly
      Speaker: Adama Bictogo
    • Senate
      Speaker: Kandia Camara
    Administrative divisions
    • Districts
    • Regions
    • Departments
    • Sub-prefectures
    • Communes
      Villages
    Elections
    • Recent elections
      • Presidential: 2020
      • 2025
      • Parliamentary: 2021
      • 2026
      • Senatorial: 2018
      • 2023
    • Political parties
    Foreign relations
    • Minister of Foreign Affairs
      Minister: Kacou Houadja Léon Adom
    • Diplomatic missions of / in Ivory Coast
    • Passport
    • Visa requirements
    • Visa policy
    Recent history
      • First Civil War
      • Second Civil War
    • 2010–11 crisis
    • United Nations Operation (UNOCI)
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    The Parliament of Ivory Coast is the legislature of Ivory Coast. From 1960 to 2016, it was a unicameral body. It became a bicameral body after a new constitution was approved by referendum on October 30, 2016. The parliament consists of two chambers:[1]

    • The Senate (upper chamber)
    • The National Assembly (lower chamber)

    See also

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    • Politics of Ivory Coast
    • List of legislatures by country
    • Legislative branch

    References

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    1. ^ "Cote d'Ivoire voters support new constitution in landslide amid low turnout".
      - "Innovations of the Draft Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire: Towards hyper-presidentialism?".



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