Historical Brief
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1908 |
Preparation of the first constitution draft, which was aborted by the French protectorate. |
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1956-1959 |
The National Consultative Council |
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1962 |
The 1962 Constitution |
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1963-1965 |
The first Legislature : Bicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: 144 members elected for a four-year term by direct universal suffrage. The House of Councilors: 120 members elected by indirect universal suffrage with renewal of half of the members of the House every three years. |
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1970 |
The 1970 Constitution |
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1970-1971 |
The second Legislature: Unicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives consisted of 240 members, 90 of whom were elected by direct universal suffrage while 90 were representatives of local communes, and 60 were members of professional chambers. |
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1972 |
The 1972 Constitution |
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1977-1983 |
The third Legislature: Unicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives consisted of 264 members, 176 of whom were elected by direct universal suffrage, while 88 of them were elected by indirect suffrage. |
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1984-1992 |
The fourth Legislature: Unicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives was composed of 306 members, 204 of whom were elected by direct universal suffrage while 60 were representatives of local communes’ councilors, and 42 were members of the professional chambers. |
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1992 |
The 1992 Constitution |
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1993-1997 |
The fifth Legislature: Unicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives was composed of 333 members, 222 elected by direct universal suffrage and 111members by indirect voting by an electoral college consisting of members of urban and rural councilors and by elective bodies composed of those elected in the professional chambers and representatives of wage earners. |
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1996 |
The 1996 Constitution |
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1997-2002 |
The sixth legislatura : Bicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives was composed of 325 members elected by direct universal suffrage for a term of five years, 295 of whom were elected at local constituencies level while 30 were elected at national constituencies level.
The House of Councilors: It consisted of 270 members elected for a nine-year term. Three-fifths of the House were elected in each region of the Kingdom by an electoral college composed of representatives of local communes, while the remaining two-fifths of the House were elected in each region by elective bodies consisting of elected members of professional chambers. Other members were elected at the national level by an elective body composed of wage earners’ representatives. |
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2002-2007 |
The seventh Legislature |
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2007- 2011 |
The eighth Legislature |
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2011 |
The 2011 Constitution |
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2011-2016 |
The ninth legislature : Bicameral Parliament |
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The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives consisted of 395 members elected by direct suffrage through a list system vote as follows: - 305 members at local constituencies level - 90 members at national constituencies level: 60 of whom are women, and 30 are youths.
The House of Councilors: The House of Councilors consists of 120 members elected according to the following regulations and procedures: - 72 members from local communes - 20 members from professional chambers - 08 members from professional organizations of employers - 20 members from the representatives of the wage earners |
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2016-2021 |
The tenth legislature |