The House of Representatives (''Majlis al-Nuwaab'') is the
lower house
A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...
of the Parliament of
Yemen. It shares the legislative power with the
Shura Council
In Arab culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura ( ar, مجلس الشورى; Shura Council in English) is an advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a Caliph, khalifa (Islamic leader) may be s ...
, the
upper house. The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat
constituencies. It is one of the rare parliamentary chambers in the world to currently have no female representation.
The House of Representatives was established in 1990 after the unification of Yemen for a transitional period. An election hasn't been held for the body since 2003. An election was set for 27 April 2009, but
president Saleh postponed it by two years on 24 February 2009. However, the election did not take place on 27 April 2011, and was again postponed until the
next presidential election, sometime in February 2014.
In January 2014, the final session of the
National Dialogue Conference (NDC) announced that both elections had been delayed, and would occur within 9 months of a referendum on a new constitution which had yet to be drafted. However both the
GPC and
Houthi representatives on the National Authority for Monitoring the Implementation of NDC Outcomes have refused to vote on the new constitution drafted by the constitution drafting committee, which submitted it in January 2015.
In February 2015, the
Houthis briefly dissolved parliament before reportedly agreeing to reinstate the 301-member assembly in
UN-brokered talks. Under the agreement, it will be augmented by a "people's transitional council" serving as the
upper house.
Since the civil war, the House of Representatives had held semi-regular sessions in San'aa in Houthi-held territory. In 13 April 2019, the first session was held in
Seiyun, in Hadi-controlled
Hadhramaut Governorate.
Latest elections
The last
parliamentary election in Yemen took place in 2003.
See also
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List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Yemen
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Politics of Yemen
The Politics of Yemen are in an uncertain state due to the Houthi takeover in Yemen. An armed group known as the Houthis or Ansar Allah seized control of the Northern Yemeni government and announced it would dissolve parliament, as well as instal ...
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List of legislatures by country
References
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Yemen
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Government of Yemen
1990 establishments in Yemen