Back مجلس الأمة (الجزائر) Arabic Əlcəzair Millət Şurası Azerbaijani Савет Нацыі Алжыра Byelorussian Nationalrat (Algerien) German Συμβούλιο του Έθνους Greek Consejo de la Nación de Argelia Spanish Conseil de la nation (Algérie) French Dewan Negara (Aljazair) ID Consiglio della Nazione Italian Raad van de Natie Dutch
Council of the Nation
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| Type | |
| Type | of the Parliament of Algeria |
| History | |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Leadership | |
Salah Goudjil since 9 April 2019 | |
Vice president | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 144 members [1] |
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Political groups | Government (89)
Opposition (9) Others (76)
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| Elections | |
| Two-round indirect election (2/3) Appointed by the president of Algeria (1/3) | |
Last election | 9 March 2025 |
| Meeting place | |
| Palace of the Council of the Nation, Algiers | |
| Website | |
| www | |
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 Algeria portal |
The Council of the Nation (Arabic: مجلس الأمة, romanized: Majlis al-Ummah) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president of Algeria.[2]
Abdelkader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as Vice President of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008.
They were last elected on 5 February 2022.[3]
- ^ "قائمة الأعضاء حسب الإنتماء السياسي".
- ^ "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "Algérie: les élections sénatoriales convoquées pour le 5 février 2022". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.