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President-in-Parliament 5 Appointed by the House of Representatives N/A N/A House of Representatives (Kamra tad-Deputati) Unicameral 5 Single transferable vote: 69 5,950 Marshall Islands: Legislature (Nitijeļā) Unicameral 4 Single and multi-member constituencies 33 2,060 Mauritania: Parliament (البرلمان, al-Barlamān / Parlement)
The Parliament of Jordan (Arabic: مجلس الأمة Majlis Al-Umma) is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution , the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate ( Arabic : مجلس الأعيان Majlis Al-Aayan ) and the House of Representatives ( Arabic : مجلس النواب Majlis Al-Nuwaab ).
Political system of Israel. The Knesset (Hebrew: הַכְּנֶסֶת, romanized: HaKnesset ⓘ lit. ' gathering, assembly ', Arabic: الْكِنِيسِت ...
Elected by the Parliament: Parliament: Unicameral legislature Party-list proportional representation: Algeria: President: Head of state Two-round system: Council of the Nation: Upper chamber of legislature Indirectly elected (2/3) Appointed by the President (1/3) People's National Assembly: Lower chamber of legislature Party-list proportional ...
The Parliament of England developed in the opposite direction, merging the two aristocratic estates into the House of Lords, the archetypal upper house,leaving the House of Commons as the elective lower house; in time, the English and later British parliaments became the standard model on which the modern bicameral legislature is based.
The endurance of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East is notable in comparison to the rest of the world. While such regimes have fallen throughout sub-Saharan Africa, for example, they have persisted in the Middle East. Yet Middle Eastern history also includes significant episodes of conflict between rulers and proponents of democracy. [34]
The National Assembly (Arabic: المجلس الوطني البحريني) is the legislative body [1] [2] of Bahrain.Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the 40 elected members of the Council of Representatives (the lower house) and the 40 royally-appointed members of the Consultative Council (the upper house).
Syria's President Hashim al-Atassi, elected by a unanimous vote in Parliament in December 1949. The first elections after independence were the 1947 parliamentary election, with the People's Party winning a plurality but no absolute majority. In 1949, a series of military coups led to the dissolution of parliament and constitutional suspensions.