Parliament of the Republic of the Congo

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Parliament of the Republic of the Congo

Parlement de la République du Congo

Type
Type|

Bicameral

Houses| • Senate
• National Assembly
History
Founded| 1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Preceded by| Moyen-Congo Representative Council
Leadership

President of the Senate

Pierre Ngolo, PCT
since 12 September 2017

President of the National Assembly

Isidore Mvouba, PCT
since 19 August 2017

Structure
Seats| Senate: 72
National Assembly: 151

Senate political groups

* PCT (52)
* RDPS (3)
* MAR (2)
* Club 2002 (2)
* UPADS (1)
* PRL (1)
* UDLC (1)
* MCDDI (1)
* LCEM (1)
* Independents (7)

National Assembly political groups

| Government (120)

* PCT (112)
* MAR (4)
* Club 2002 (2)
* RDPS (2)

Support (3)[1]

* CPR (1)
* URDP (1)
* RC (1)

Opposition (16)

* UPADS (7)
* UDH-Yuki (7)
* MUST (1)
* MCDDI (1)

Others (12)

* PRL (2)
* DRD (2)
* APC (1)
* MDP (1)
* Independents (6)

Elections

Senate voting system

| First-past-the-post

National Assembly voting system

| Two-round system

Last Senate election

| 20 August 2023

Last National Assembly election

| 10 and 31 July 2022

Next Senate election

| 2029

Next National Assembly election

| 2027
Website
senat.cg
assemblee-nationale.cg

The Parliament of the Republic of the Congo consists of two chambers:[citation needed]

* The Senate (Upper Chamber)
* The National Assembly (Lower Chamber)

## See also

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* Politics of the Republic of the Congo
* List of legislatures by country

## External links

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* National Assembly

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National bicameral legislatures

Federal|

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Ethiopia
* India
* Malaysia
* Mexico
* Nepal
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Russia
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Switzerland
* United States

Unitary|

* Algeria
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belize
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Chad
* Chile
* Colombia
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Czech Republic
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eswatini
* France
* Gabon
* Grenada
* Haiti
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Morocco
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Netherlands
* Oman
* Palau
* Paraguay
* Philippines
* Poland
* Romania
* Rwanda
* Saint Lucia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turkmenistan
* United Kingdom
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Zimbabwe

Dependent and
other territories|

* American Samoa
* Bermuda
* Isle of Man
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico

Non-UN states|

* Somaliland

Historical|

* Venezuela (1811–1999)
* Confederate States (1862–1865)
* Czechoslovakia (1920–1939) (1969–1992)
* Estonia (1938–1940)
* Serbia (1901–1903)
* Soviet Union (1938–1991)
* Texas (1836–1845)
* Yugoslavia (1931–1939, 1945–1963, 1974–1992)
* FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
* Ottoman Empire (1876–1878, 1908–1920)

Related|

* Unicameralism
* Tricameralism
* Multicameralism
* List of legislatures by country

* National unicameral legislatures
* National lower houses
* National upper houses

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Legislatures in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
* Puntland
* Somaliland (disputed)
* Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised state.

## References

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1. ^ https://africaelects.com/republic-of-the-congo/ Republic of the Congo - Africa Elects

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