House of Representatives (Yemen) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) is the lower house of the Parliament of Yemen. It shares the legislative power with the Shura Council, the upper house.[1][2]
The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. It is one of the few parliamentary chambers in the world to currently have no female representation.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Constitutional history of Yemen". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ "Yemen". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ "Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. Archived from the original on 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2021-09-28.