Elections to the

Sahrawi National Council The Sahrawi National Council (SNC) or Sahrawi Parliament is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its structure and competences are guided by the Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The present speaker ...

were held between 19 and 21 February 2012. The elections were only held in the Free Zone of

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and in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, the rest of Western Sahara being under the ''de facto'' administration of

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. The elections were held after the 13th Congress of the

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, which took place two months earlier between 15 and 22 December 2011. The percentage of young people in the new Council stood at 42%, while women gained 25% of seats.

Khatri Addouh Khatri Addouh (born 1954) ( ar, خطري أدوه) is a former president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the president of the Sahrawi National Council from 2010 to 2020. He was appointed as the Acting President and the Secretary Gener ...

was reelected

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of the Council on 28 February 2012.

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