Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)

The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the legislative body of the Republic of Mozambique established in 1977.

This article is about the parliament of Mozambique. For other uses, see Assembly of the Republic (disambiguation).
Assembly of the Republic

Assembleia da República
Type
Type
History
Founded1977[1]
Leadership
President of the Assembly
Esperança Bias, FRELIMO
since 13 January 2020
Structure
Seats250
Political groups
    •   FRELIMO (184)
    •   RENAMO (60)
    •   MDM (6)
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method with 5% threshold
Last election
15 October 2019
Meeting place
Maputo, Mozambique
Website
www.parlamento.mz
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The current parliament has 250 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Parties must receive at least five percent of the vote nationally to gain parliamentary representation. Parliamentary debates and business are conducted entirely in Portuguese. Three parties are represented in the parliament: FRELIMO, RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique. After the 2014 election, RENAMO MPs have refused to take office, since the party considered the electoral act had been fraudulent, but they resumed their duties in February 2015.[2]

Presidents of the Assembly

The President of the Assembly is the second-highest figure in the state hierarchy of Mozambique, and will replace the President of Mozambique in case of incapacity.[3]

Name Took office Left office Notes
Marcelino dos Santos 1977 1994 [4]
Eduardo Mulémbwè 1994 2009 [4]
Verónica Macamo 12 January 2010 13 January 2020 [5]
Esperança Bias 13 January 2020 Incumbent [6]

2019 parliamentary election results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
FRELIMO 4,323,298 71.28 184 +40
RENAMO 1,351,659 22.28 60 –29
Democratic Movement of Mozambique 254,290 4.19 6 –11
AMUSI 27,277 0.45 0
New Democracy 25,046 0.41 0
Unity for Change 8,347 0.14 0
Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique 6,768 0.11 0
National Reconciliation Party 6,469 0.11 0
Patriotic Movement for Democracy 5,883 0.10 0
Unity Party for Reconciliation 5,399 0.09 0
Greens Party of Mozambique 5,361 0.09 0
Workers' Party 5,173 0.09 0
National Party of the Mozambican People/CRD 4,143 0.07 0
Youth Movement for the Restoration of Democracy 4,054 0.07 0
National Movement for the Recovery of Mozambican Unity 3,820 0.06 0
Electoral Union 3,769 0.06 0
People's Progress Party of Mozambique 3,431 0.06 0
Social Renewal Party 3,365 0.06 0
Ecological Party of Mozambique 3,313 0.05 0
Party of Liberty and Development 2,868 0.05 0
Democratic Unity 2,720 0.04 0
Ecological Party – Land Movement 2,579 0.04 0
Democratic Justice Party of Mozambique 2,036 0.03 0
Social Enlargement Party of Mozambique 2,006 0.03 0
National Party of Workers and Peasants 1,783 0.03 0
Democratic Union of Mozambique 664 0.01 0
Invalid/blank votes 700,895 – – –
Total 6,766,416 100 250
Registered voters/turnout 13,162,321 51.41 – –
Source: STAE

Previous parliamentary election results
Political Party Election Year
1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 129 133 160 191 144
Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) 112 - - 51 89
Mozambican National Resistance-Electoral Union (RENAMO-UE) - 117 90 - -
Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) - - - 8 17
Democratic Union (UD) 9 - - - -
Total 250 250 250 250 250

See also

References
  1. http://www.parlamento.mz/index.php/parlamento/a-instituicao/historico
  2. (in Portuguese) VOs 89 deputados da Renamo vão assumir os seus lugares
  3. https://eisa.org.za/pdf/200905azevedo.pdf
  4. http://www.parlamento.mz/index.php/orgaos/orgaos-politicos/comissao-permanente/lista-passada
  5. https://www.open.ac.uk/technology/mozambique/sites/www.open.ac.uk.technology.mozambique/files/pics/d128147.pdf
  6. https://data.ipu.org/content/mozambique?chamber_id=13469
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