National_Council_of_Namibia

National Council (Namibia)

National Council (Namibia)

Upper house of the Parliament of Namibia

The National Council is the upper chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It reviews bills passed by the lower chamber and makes recommendations for legislation of regional concern to the lower chamber.[3]

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The 42 National Council members are indirectly elected by regional councils for a term of five years.[4] Each of the 14 regional councils chooses three of its members to serve on the National Council.[5] The last regional council elections were held on 25 November 2020.

Political party distribution in the current National Council is as follows:[6]

  • South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) - 28 seats
  • Landless People's Movement (LPM) - 6 seats
  • Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) - 2 seats
  • United Democratic Front (UDF) - 2 seats
  • Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) - 2 seats
  • National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) - 1 seat
  • Independent - 1 seat

The National Council meets in the capital Windhoek in the National Council Building next to the Tintenpalast. The chairperson as of December 2020 is Lukas Muha.

Election results

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See also

Tintenpalast, the former meeting place of the National Council

References

  1. [1]
    "National Council". Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. [2]
    http://www.parliament.gov.na/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=495
  3. [3]
    "History". www.parliament.na.
  4. [4]
    "Namibia". New Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform (beta). July 5, 2018.
  5. [5]
    Quadri, Maryam Omolara; Thomas, Erika K (2018). "Women and political participation in Namibia and Nigeria: a comparative analysis of women in elective positions" (PDF). Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. 7 (2). University of Namibia: 6–9. ISSN 2026-7215.
  6. [6]
    Iikela, Sakeus (14 December 2020). "First independent to serve as MP". The Namibian. p. 3.
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