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[update] 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.
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^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. University of Namibia. 7 (2): 6–9. ISSN 2026-7215.
^Iikela, Sakeus (14 December 2020). "First independent to serve as MP". The Namibian. p. 3.
August 18, 2023
national, council, namibia, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, a. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 National CouncilTypeTypeUpper House of the Parliament of NamibiaHistoryFounded23 February 1993 1 LeadershipChairpersonLukas Sinimbo Muha SWAPO since 15 December 2020 2 Deputy ChairpersonVictoria Kauma SWAPO since 9 December 2019StructureSeats42Political groupsGovernment 28 SWAPO 28 Official opposition 6 LPM 6 Other parties 8 PDM 2 IPC 2 UDF 2 NUDO 1 Independent 1 Length of term5 yearsElectionsVoting systemIndirect election by Regional CouncilsLast election25 November 2020Meeting placeNational Council Building Windhoek Khomas Region NamibiaWebsiteParliament of NamibiaThe 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 update 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 seatThe 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 EditPolitical Party Election Year1992 1998 2004 2010 2015 2020South West Africa People s Organisation SWAPO 19 21 24 24 40 28Popular Democratic Movement PDM 06 04 01 01 01 02United Democratic Front UDF 01 01 01 01 02National Unity Democratic Organisation NUDO 01 01Landless People s Movement LPM 06Independent Patriots for Change IPC 02Independent candidates 01Total 26 26 26 26 42 42See also Edit Tintenpalast the former meeting place of the National CouncilNational Assembly of Namibia the lower chamber of Parliament History of Namibia Legislative Branch List of Chairpersons of the National Council of Namibia List of national legislaturesReferences Edit National Council Archived from the original on 2021 05 13 Retrieved 2020 05 08 http www parliament gov na index php component content article layout edit amp id 495 History www parliament na Namibia New Parline the IPU s Open Data Platform beta July 5 2018 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 University of Namibia 7 2 6 9 ISSN 2026 7215 Iikela Sakeus 14 December 2020 First independent to serve as MP The Namibian p 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Council Namibia amp oldid 1152674693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
