Senate of Mauritania

The Sennate was the upper house of Parliament in Mauritania from 1992 to 2017. The Senate had 56 members, 53 members elected for a six-year term by municipal councillors with one third renewed every two years and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad.

Mauritania
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Mauritania

Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Government
Parliament
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations
 Mauritania portal

In 2017, the Senate was abolished as a result of a constitutional referendum;[1] the last election was held in 2007

See also
  • List of Presidents of the Senate of Mauritania

References
  1. "Mauritania Senate abolished in referendum". BBC. 7 August 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.